Just a heads-up, the link is working again.

Apart from that, I found the following photo on that site which I find to be of great interest:

http://ascon.ru:8971/imds/DSCN8507.html

What ship exactly does this model represent? It’s not the Talwar, nor is it the new corvette (sorry, can’t spell the name 😉 ) and neither is it the Neustrashimyy (I CAN spell that though, go figure!). However it looks closer to the latter than any other ship. Is it a new variant of the design or a revised configuration for the second-of-class that has reportedly resumed construction?

I think it is an modernized export derivative of Neustrashimy, called Yastreb (?) . Main differences with Neustrashimy are new main gun, modified front superstructure with 8-cell instead of rbu6000 and 32 SA-N-9 lowered by 1 deck, new gun fire control radar, and 4×4 Uran AShM.

Not to mention four LCF operational with the Dutch navy and two F124 operational with German navy with the third about to be delivered.

I think this says it all: “A few years ago we were offered five Burkes from the US for the price of three (secondhand hulls- I think they were flight 0’s), we turned them down, now we’re going to buy three at full price.”

Im beginning to think that the current Australian politicians have some sort of fetish for the US. I suppose there is still a faint hope they will go for the F100.

Gibbs and Cox.

Funny how we went way beyond Rlangham’s initial question … :p

Due to the fall in Force Levels and Inablity of our yard to churn out ships at the desired rate , The Navy will go for 3 more Talwar , The Chief has indicated that.

I think 3 more Talwar is a forgone conclusion.

Interesting! I would have thought more P17 would have been preferable. However, if yard capacity is insufficient, an understandable decision.

Detective work 😎

This lists Unit Involvements That Are Commanded By RN Ships At Dunkirk, 1940 05 27 0000 British Evacuation Operation Dynamo Dunkerque.

The Shakespeare class ship HMS Wallace is not on the list. However, there are no fewer than three V & W Admiralty ships on this list.

These are HMS Vega, HMS Wolsey, and HMS Wolfhound. Vega was also known as L41/D52, Wolfhound as D56, Wolsey as L02/D98. So, from the pennant number, It think we got it nailed down: its Wolsey.

Valentine (L69/D49), Valorous (L00/F53) , Vimiera (L29/D23), Vivien (L33), Vega (L41/D52), Vanity (I28/L38/D28), Verdun (L93/D93), Viceroy (L21/D91), Winchester (L55), Wryneck (D21), Westminster (L40/D45), Whitley (L23), Wolfhound (D56), Wolsey (L02/D98), and Woolston (L49).

HMS Vega (after conversion)