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Published on Jun 14, 2013 A computer-generated animation has been released today which highlights the multi-mission capability of the three naval destroyers being built as part of the Air Warfare Destroyer Project. AWD Alliance CEO Rod Equid said the animation will increase understanding of the...

I am trying to get to the truth behind the story about the Type 42 ending up with a hull shorter than the designers wanted. The sources that I have available are contradictory. Norman Friedman states that there is no indication that the Type 42 was shortened from the a preferred 434ft (the...

I have finished some simple drawings of US destroyer designs from the 1960s and 1970s. The drawings are based on sketches and artist renderings found in Norman Friedman's book "US Destroyers An Illustrated Design History". I find the nuclear frigate design (Typhoon) very interesting. Fishjay

Found a couple of notes on Invincible class from my Aviation & Marine International magazine collection September 1979: April 1976:

Artist's impressions from Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), now QinetiQ, of a possible Future Surface Combatant (FSC) frigate dating to 1998. EDIT: Cutaway drawing of Future Surface Combatant removed because of larger image later in this topic. Sources...

Firstly, this is based upon known discussions with the RN, known systems that were proposed and/or existed at one point or another and known sketch designs performed. However these have been combined together to form a single coherent platform that is representative of what could have been built...

Until the Type 22 frigate the Royal Navy did not follow the USN in building ships with surface to air missile systems at both ends like the Leahy and Belknap classes. There seem to have been plans to do so, including by converting the County class destroyers to have Seaslug launchers at both...

In "Rebuilding the Royal Navy" by D K Brown and "British Destroyers & Frigates" by N Friedman there are drawings of the study 381 ASW type 17 frigate and its half sister the study 382 the Type 42 AAW destroyer. Bother share a common hull form are bare a striking resemblance to the larger Type...

Possible future variants of the Royal Navy Type 45 ("D" or Daring Class) Destroyer include Type 45 Land Attack variant and Type 45 General Purpose variant.

The Standard Missile family has grown to include a great number of variants over the years. I figured I would create this topic to discuss the designs and proposals based around the Standard Missile. One program I have had a very difficult time finding any info on, is the Standard Missile 5...

US Naval Institute Proceedings "Through Deck Cruiser - The New Capital Ship" by Michael A. Cairl (December 1978): http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/barquitos/P-Files/NewCapitalShip1978-1.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/barquitos/P-Files/NewCapitalShip1978-2.jpg...

Does anyone have additional information or concept art for the Air-Dominance Cruiser, CG(X)? It sounds like it will be a replacement of the Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) and use technology developed from the Zumwalt-class project. http://peoships.crane.navy.mil/CGX/default.htm

The following webpage has quite a bit of information about alternate designs for the RN’s Type 19 CVA-01 escort frigate. The designs explore difference ASW configurations with ASROC, Ikara and Malafon. http://middle-watch.com/outtakes.htm

In Friedman's book on British Destroyers and Frigates there is an interesting account of how the Royal Navy looked at the competing virtues of two ships which are described but never illustrated. The first is a 10,000 ton escort cruiser armed with Seadart launchers front and aft and with a...

Here's an early Aster test vehicle.

This design was a double ended design with Sea Dart and Sea Wolf launchers fore and aft and the helicopter deck amidships. Did any other country look at amidships helicopter decks?

Have there been any suggestions of a ground or sea launched version of Meteor?

Have just been reading through the excellent Monograph online about the US Mauler missile at the Missile Site in the US. Apparently the UK gave up its own equivalent of Mauler, a system called BAC PT 428, and then had to adopt the simpler Rapier when Mauler was cancelled. As far as I can gather...

Two of my favourite "dud" weapons are Typhon (US long range naval SAM) and Mauler (US point defence SAM for naval and land use). It is clear from Friedman's RN Destroyers and Frigates that the RN also hoped these weapons might be winners as well. The RN had already flirted with Tartar and...