Interesting, so it looks like they are planning to retain the Mk8, wether with a 4.5″ or 155mm barrel who knows?

What are the opinions of the two blocks aft of the gun, can’t tell if it is SSM tubes, torpedo tubes or something else?

Then what I assume are CAMM VLS’s.

Wish they would change the design to a double helo hangar.

Any idea on the dimensions.

Regards.

Note that the USN Sea Control Ship (a.k.a Spain’s Principe d’Asturias) also has this step and this ship was designed with the Harrier in mind.

Yes, but that deck couldn’t be used as a landing pad for aircraft as the above illustration show’s that the J. C. and Canberra’s can, also it was much lower.

But the RN has already retired at least 4 of its T-42’s, why haven’t their Phalanxes been installed on T-45’s already?

IMHO they should have Goalkeeper instead and reserve the Phalanxes for fitting to Amphib’s and RFA’s.

Argentinians. Tigercat had been largely if not totally replaced in British Service by 1982. Also IIRC it was only used by the RAF Regiment to protect airbases, and I do not believe any of them were deployed to the Falklands.

Regards.

Yes, CNS Almirante Williams (FF-19) (ex-HMS Sheffield), a batch 2 ship.

She was decommissioned from the RN on 5 November 2002, and commissioned in the Armada de Chile on 4 September 2003.

She began a refit in March 2008, in ASMAR Talcahuano for installation of OTO 76 mm gun, Harpoon anti-ship missile and Barak SAM instead of Sea Wolf for defence.

She just recently was returned to service,conducting her post-refit trials last month, so she was unavailable for the photo shoot Tango III posted from.

There are pics & discussion (in Spanish) here: http://base.mforos.com/730111/3280645-fragata-tipo-22-2-ff-19-almirante-williams/?pag=23
Page 23 & all of page 24.

Why do you think that the fire control radars for the Barak were set so high, when removing the Sea Wolfs f.c. equipment there must have been space for the “office” within the existing structure?

How did they go about seperating the 967/8 radar aerials, or were they supplied with a new 967 set from the UK.

Are the Chilean Navy planning to replace the Sea Wolf of the T23’s and the Sea Sparrow on the M’s and Heemskerck?

Details on the Stormer:

http://www.military-today.com/apc/stormer.htm

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_Stormer

Regards

What difference; if any, to manning levels would a cvf having nuclear propulsion (other feature remaining the same)?