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Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:25 pm
by jbryce1437
Pelican wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:05 pm Navy Lookout

Unprecedented:

RN is appealing to the retired community via LinkedIn for a new Rear Admiral - Director of Submarines.
No suitable internal candidate to replace two-star RAdm S Asquith.

See, which is not plagued with subscription adverts - https://archive.is/YtH39
I am not coming out of retirement for any reason ;-)

Jim

Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:01 pm
by ivorthediver
Your Modesty becomes you Sir ;)

Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:13 am
by Pelican
Currently ‘no date’ for new Faslane floating docks

The Ministry of Defence has provided an update on the plans for two new floating docks to maintain submarines at Faslane in Scotland.

The confirmation came in the form of a response to a Written Parliamentary Question.

John Healey MP, Labour Defence Spokesman, asked:
Continues at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/current ... ing-docks/

Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:55 pm
by ivorthediver
Excellent news on these items which can only help this bottleneck eh David ;)

Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:04 pm
by Pelican
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Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:07 pm
by Pelican
The sad state of Royal Navy submarine capability—and the implications for Australia

Britain’s Royal Navy has advertised for a suitably experienced individual to fill the role of its director of submarines, a rear admiral who acts as the senior, professional head of its submarine arm. The position is to be filled in April 2024. If this is an early April fool’s joke, the UK Ministry of Defence is part of it.

As the Times newspaper observed on 5 January 2024, the advertisement ‘exposes shameful recruitment gaps’ in senior leadership positions in the RN’s submarine arm.

Under the AUKUS optimum pathway for Australia to transition to nuclear-propelled submarines, it is intended, subject to US congressional and presidential approval, to purchase three to five Virginia-class submarines to fill the capability gap left by the retirement of the six Collins-class boats. This is intended to allow time for a newly designed submarine to be built in partnership with the UK—the so-called AUKUS SSN. The state of the RN and particularly its submarine capability is therefore of more than passing interest.

This position would normally be filled by promoting a suitably qualified candidate from the RN’s senior serving submariners. The apparent lack of suitable candidates prepared to accept promotion to fill the position is extraordinary. Reportedly, internal advertising led to only one applicant, who lacked the pre-requisite submarine command experience. This failure led to the public advertisement.

Under my arguably simplistic interpretation, it would appear that Britain’s senior naval leadership and the government have lost the commitment of their submarine arm.

How did it come to this? See - https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-s ... australia/

Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:54 pm
by Pelican
Navy Lookout
SD Northern River heading up the Clyde this afternoon with the Submarine Rescue Vehicle (SRV) embarked - part of of the
@JFDGlobal NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS).
Photos - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 1839698296
Article - https://www.navylookout.com/submarine-r ... oyal-navy/

Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:13 pm
by Pelican
Devonport Dockyard nuclear sub dismantling will be hit by delays, new report predicts

Nuclear Information Service expects no quick fix for removal of 15 decommissioned submarines laid up at Devonport

The dismantling of 15 decommissioned nuclear subs at Devonport Royal Dockyard is likely to hit delays, according to a new report. The briefing document published by the independent Nuclear Information Service says a history of infrastructure work at the Plymouth facility means “delays are more likely to materialise than not”.

The report said upgrades to 14 and 15 Docks and the Submarine Refit Complex at Devonport are overdue and progress on submarine dismantling is “on hold” while the Government focuses on its £298m “demonstrator” project to fully dismantle HMS Swiftsure at Rosyth, forecast to be complete at the end of 2026.

The Ministry of Defence told PlymouthLive it aims to dismantle the nuclear submarines at Devonport “as soon as practicably possible". It said the Swiftsure project will “inform and refine” the dismantling process for subsequent submarines and provide more certainty on the dismantling schedule for future submarines and remains on schedule for completion by the original target date of 2026.

Continues at - https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/p ... ng-9098888 - LFT

Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:38 am
by Pelican
A credible deterrent? Trident missile fails during test launch from HMS Vanguard
https://www.navylookout.com/a-credible- ... -vanguard/

Should We Worry About The Trident 'Failure'? No
https://thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com ... re-no.html

British Trident missile test launch fails for second time
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british ... cond-time/

Re: General Submarine News

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:53 am
by Pelican
Pelican wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:38 am A credible deterrent? Trident missile fails during test launch from HMS Vanguard
https://www.navylookout.com/a-credible- ... -vanguard/

Should We Worry About The Trident 'Failure'? No
https://thinpinstripedline.blogspot.com ... re-no.html

British Trident missile test launch fails for second time
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british ... cond-time/
Sir Humphrey
For those convinced that the Russians are laughing at the UK/US over Trident, with one test (of almost 180) having problems, try reading the history of their latest SSBN missile, and its repeated, near 50% failure rate.
See - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSM-56_Bulava