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  1. Lascaris

    Cost of light fleet carriers?

    Trying to figure out which countries could actually handle the cost of light fleet carriers in 1946-60, so do we have any actual data at what prices the Colossus and Majestic class ships were sold by Britain in 1946-60? And for that matter how much their modernization with angled fight decks and...
    • Lascaris
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    • 1950s aircraft carrier armada de la república argentina cold war director of naval construction (royal navy) directorate of naval construction early 1960s great britain indian navy late 1940s light fleet carrier marine nationale marinha do brasil post-world war ii royal australian navy royal canadian navy royal navy royal netherlands navy royal spanish navy united states navy
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. uk 75

    Could NATO Frigate 90 have been made to work?

    Perhaps the most ambitious NATO programme of the 1980s was an attempt to design a common escort ship platform for NATO navies: NATO Frigate 90. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/nfr-90-and-other-pre-horizon-aaw-projects.923/ The project foundered as it became too expensive and failed to...
    • uk 75
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    • 1980s 1990s alternate history anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare bundesmarine cold war frigate marina militare marine nationale maritime command (canadian armed forces) north atlantic treaty organisation royal navy royal netherlands navy royal spanish navy united states navy
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  3. H

    Did the Spanish have any plans on replacing Dedalo I?

    As we know, Dedalo was a German merchant ship confiscated during WW1 and converted by the Spanish into a seaplane tender in 1922. Dedalo well demonstrated the utility of an aircraft capable ship by supporting the Spanish-French landings at Alhucemas during the Rif War in Morrocco in 1925. In...
    • Hardrada55
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    • armada española cold war interwar period kingdom of spain regia marina royal spanish navy second spanish republic spanish republican navy spanish state world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. uk 75

    A NATO frigate

    Wiki has quite a good summary of the abortive attempt in the 1980s to design a common escort ship for NATO navies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFR-90 The thread about the Kidds for the RN reminded me of this programme. It ought to have been possible to design a ship flexible enough to...
    • uk 75
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    • 1980s anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare bundesmarine cold war frigate marina militare marine nationale maritime command (canadian armed forces) north atlantic treaty organisation royal navy royal netherlands navy royal spanish navy united states navy
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  5. covert_shores

    Spain launching first S-80 Class submarine

    Article with cutaway (caveat - by me) https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/04/the-first-s-80-plus-class-submarine-new-capabilities-for-spain/ Video of Christening ceremony View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlmbbtaOz20
    • covert_shores
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    • armada española flosub kingdom of spain navantia royal spanish navy submarine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Military
  6. Mike Pryce

    50 years of the Harrier

    Today it is 50 years since the first Hawker P.1127 hovered, on 21st of October 1960. Despite the recent news that the UK is retiring its fleet the US Marine Corps, Spanish Navy, Italian Navy and Indian Navy continue to operate it, and it is likely that the Harrier will still be in service for...
    • Mike Pryce
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    • 1960 2010 armada española fleet air arm indian navy nuclear battlefield post-cold war royal air force royal spanish navy united states marine corps v/stol aircraft vtol
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: The Bar
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