Queen to name new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth

[EagleSmack]

Navy's new carrier practises crucial refuelling using scale models

15/03/2013

One-tonne models of the Navy’s future carriers and the tankers which will support them are being tested in a giant water tank in Gosport. A 1:44 scale model of HMS Queen Elizabeth and RFA Tidespring have been practising replenishments at sea in calm and rough waters at the ‘ocean basin’ test facility – the largest indoor water tank in Europe.

Two highly-accurate one-tonne scale models of HMS Queen Elizabeth and future tanker RFA Tidespring have been tested in Europe’s largest indoor water tank in Gosport to determine how the two ships can sail safely in company.

Key to any future operations by the carrier – the largest warship ever to sail under the White Ensign – will be sustaining her thousands of miles from home.

For that she’ll need to conduct a RAS – replenishment at sea – on a fairly regular basis with a tanker or support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, whose ships provide crucial sustenance to Royal Navy vessels around the world daily.

Hand-in-hand with construction of Queen Elizabeth and her sister HMS Prince of Wales is the construction of a new generation of Fleet tankers – four Tidespring-class ships of 37,000 tonnes, entering service from 2016.

The basic design for the Tidesprings is almost complete – and key to that design has been testing how they perform when working with the future carriers.

When the two ships sail together to conduct a replenishment – fuel, water or dry supplies such as spare parts or fuel transferred by jackstay – they are subject to hydrodynamic forces which can drive them apart, or pull them together – both of which are highly dangerous.

So understanding these forces is key to safe operations.

An artist's impression of one of the four new Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)Tide-class tankers (right) carrying out a RAS with a Type 45 destoyer

Oh look... BL's imaginary ships doing imaginary at sea refueling.

Here you go bud... this is how it's done...

(only it's JP5 fueling... you'll be tethered a lot longer with those old diesels.)

 

[captain morgan]

Oh look... BL's imaginary ships doing imaginary at sea refueling.

To be fair, the scale models are, in fact, quite real, mind you, they should have considered putting a GI Joe on board to simulate that the vessels are manned.

WATCH OUT FOR HIS DEADLY KUNG FOO GRIP!!!

 

[EagleSmack]

To be fair, the scale models are, in fact, quite real.

You are correct. Those are real models.


And here you go BL.... here is another...

Yes... a refueling threesome.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Can they get the whole length of your bathtub before refueling?

 

[EagleSmack]

When the two ships sail together to conduct a replenishment – fuel, water or dry supplies such as spare parts or fuel transferred by jackstay – they are subject to hydrodynamic forces which can drive them apart, or pull them together – both of which are highly dangerous.

So understanding these forces is key to safe operations.



“This will take great skill and concentration for long periods in very challenging conditions – so any analysis we can undertake early will provide comfort that the replenishment at sea capability can be met with the new ships.”

Good grief the Brits are just figuring this out?!

 

[Blackleaf]

Good grief the Brits are just figuring this out?!

We've had RASs for a long time. I used to take part in RASs when I was in the navy.

 

[lone wolf]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Provider_(AOR_508)

All you had to do was ask....

 

[MHz]

No matter who she is the name choice does not get her a 10 on the originality scale. Still, .... better than HMS Hood

We've had RASs for a long time. I used to take part in RASs when I was in the navy.

"Even been to sea Billy? asks Kaptain Hindgrinder.

 

[EagleSmack]

We've had RASs for a long time. I used to take part in RASs when I was in the navy.

Don't worry... the US Navy will hold your hand and teach you how to crew your new amphibious support ship.

 

[L Gilbert]

The British Apache is not American. It is a different version to the American Apache and is built in Britain, not America, to a superior British design. The British Apache, unlike the American one, has more powerful Rolls-Royce engines and is able to be operated from ships. Our new aircraft carriers could carry Apaches. The Yank aircraft carriers can't carry their Apaches.

Kinda like the American improvement to the Harrier? Same ship, different version, vast improvement.

Wow! I haven't seen this much d!ck waving since my teen years.

SShhhhh! I still like my picture of some Tim Allens drinking "beer" and bragging about other people's accomplishments over a kitchen table (or wherever). Also the pic showing SJP wearing the "Blackleaf" tag and sitting at the pc.

 

[MHz]

You are correct. Those are real models.


And here you go BL.... here is another...

Yes... a refueling threesome.

You do realize that the people on the little boats know full well that the target is the big boat and when that is out of commission the other ones aren't worth the trouble. That till 'death do us part' isn't applicable to anybody but career persons. The crew will know when it is time to drop the guns and pick up the fishing poles.

 

[Blackleaf]

Kinda like the American improvement to the Harrier?

Improvements made with the help of BAE Systems.

My dad helped to make the Harrier when he worked for Hawker Siddeley, the forerunner of BAE Systems (also formerly known as British Aerospace)

 

[lone wolf]

HMCS Provider (AOR 508) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

All you had to do was ask....

...repaired link - freakin' gremlins

 

[EagleSmack]

Improvements made with the help of BAE Systems.

My dad helped to make the Harrier when he worked for Hawker Siddeley, the forerunner of BAE Systems (also formerly known as British Aerospace)

Damn... practically all US designed and made aircraft on your imaginary Amphibious Support Ship... US Weapons systems too.

Geez. Just name it the USS America already.

 

[Blackleaf]

US Weapons systems too

You mean like the 30mm DS30M Mark 2?

Damn... practically all US designed and made aircraft on your imaginary Amphibious Support Ship

You mean like the British/Italian Merlin and the British Lynx Wildcat?

 

[L Gilbert]

Our carriers will be electric powered.

Is that how they stay right-side up in the water? The hulls are lined with power cells or batteries.

And your aircraft carriers go about 5mph than ours. Is that so you can escape quicker?

Yeah, judging by what the history books say, the US made a habit of running from fights.
As a well-known character once said, "Ah, whatta maroon.".

Be easy to tell a bridish Apache from a real one. The steering wheel will be on the wrong side.

lol.

 

[EagleSmack]

You mean like the 30mm DS30M Mark 2?

Heck no... I mean the Raytheon Phalanx CIWS you are putting on your new (still imaginary) amphib support ship.

You mean like the British/Italian Merlin and the British Lynx Wildcat?

You're leaning on the Italians as well!

Good grief BL... you've never heard any Italian Navy jokes!?

 

[taxslave]

You mean like the 30mm DS30M Mark 2?

:You mean like the British/Italian Merlin and the British Lynx Wildcat?

Now there is an engineering partnership we can trust.;-)

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

You mean like the 30mm DS30M Mark 2?

:You mean like the British/Italian Merlin and the British Lynx Wildcat?

Now there is an engineering partnership we can trust.;-)

I hope they make a car! It'd be the MG/Fiat!

 

[lone wolf]

FIAT = Fix It Again, Tony. At least MG came with a tool kit...