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Models in other scales: The Royal Navy in the 1970s looked at a range of different designs for what they termed the Future Frigate. This included the Type 23 (the Duke Class) that was eventually built, and several other options which were not proceeded with.

One of them was the Type 24, designed as a cheaper frigate design for RN service but intended for export customers who wanted a RN frigate but couldn't afford a RN price tag. In RN service it was intended to drag a towed array sonar back and forward across the Greenland - Iceland - UK gap trying to hunt Soviet submarines.

Like so many such ideas it never saw the light of day but we do have this impressive builders model in 1:25 scale of the Type 24 in RN service. ...

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Task Force 72

4 days ago

Models in other Scales: Given we've been posting about the Royal Australian Navy future with the Hunter class frigate model, it's only fair that we post a model of another part of that future fleet.

This is a model of Navy's new class of replenishment ships, Supply and Stalwart, on display at the recent Pacific 2019 maritime conference and expo.

Both have been launched at the Navantia shipyard in Ferrol in Spain and are being fitted out with the first, HMAS Supply II, due to commission early next year. ...

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Task Force 72

1 week ago

Wrapping up on our coverage of the Hunter class, we should mention the ships they are replacing.

They will succeed the Royal Navy Type 23 frigates, the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax or City class and the Royal Australian Navy Anzac class frigates, all from the mid 2020s onwards ...

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Greg Sheppard

1 week ago

Thanks Haig working hard on my hull ...

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Greg Sheppard

1 week ago

Spent yesterday at Haigs place working on hull and set up of engines etc, hes done a great job on rudders. ...

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