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Babcock Set For Type 31 Contract To ‘Bring Shipbuilding Home’ A computer-generated image of how the Type 31e frigates could look (Picture: BAE Systems). The five ships will be assembled at its Rosyth Dockyard in Fife.12th September 2019 at 12:58pm Engineering company Babcock has been named the preferred bidder for the £1.3 billion contract to buildContinue reading “Babcock Set For Type 31 Contract To ‘Bring Shipbuilding Home’”

HMS Queen Elizabeth Reaches Canada The aircraft carrier made Halifax her first port of call during Westlant 19.12th September 2019 at 3:56pm The 65,000-tonne ship in action (Picture: Royal Navy). HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Thursday for a historic first visit. The aircraft carrier is spearheading a Carrier Strike Group on deployment ‘Westlant 19’. Babcock Set For TypeContinue reading “HMS Queen Elizabeth Reaches Canada”

Babcock Set For Type 31 Contract To ‘Bring Shipbuilding Home’ A computer-generated image of how the Type 31e frigates could look (Picture: BAE Systems). The five ships will be assembled at its Rosyth Dockyard in Fife.12th September 2019 at 12:58pm Engineering company Babcock has been named the preferred bidder for the £1.3 billion contract to buildContinue reading “Babcock Set For Type 31 Contract To ‘Bring Shipbuilding Home’”

HMS Queen Elizabeth Reaches Canada The aircraft carrier made Halifax her first port of call during Westlant 19.12th September 2019 at 3:56pm The 65,000-tonne ship in action (Picture: Royal Navy). HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Thursday for a historic first visit. The aircraft carrier is spearheading a Carrier Strike Group on deployment ‘Westlant 19’. Babcock Set For TypeContinue reading “HMS Queen Elizabeth Reaches Canada”

What Makes Up A Carrier Strike Group? Once HMS Queen Elizabeth becomes fully operational she will need a Carrier Strike Group up to escort her – but what will this include?12th September 2019 at 4:07pm F-35s will operate from the UK’s Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers for the next 50 years (Picture: Lockheed Martin/MOD). Britain’s largest-everContinue reading “What Makes Up A Carrier Strike Group?”