The Hidden Glasgow Forums

Some more information about the Type 45 Destroyer Programme currently underway on the Clyde, if you're interested… TYPE 45 ‘DARING’ CLASS AAW DESTROYER PROGRAMME - PRIME CONTRACTOR - BAE SYSTEMS NAVAL SHIPS, STRATEGIC MANUFACTURING PARTNER - VOSPER THORNEYCROFT - AMS - PAAMS Command & Control. -...

It is great to see that there is quite a popular and growing consensus on here in favour of bringing the QE2 home to the Clyde as some form of commercial venture, quite literally anchored at the heart of the Clyde's regeneration, and that we are all pretty much agreed that it will bring significant ...

http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/38755.html Good call Closet Classicist! Even though we had quite a through debate on attempting to establish a campaign over on Skysrapercity, it did in the end turn out to be a bit of a damp squib, and it completely slipped my mind to consider engendering an equi...

No problem Alchemist.

In answer to your question Alchemist, that structure just aft of the bridge is the foremast, which has been designed with a significantly greater air draught and horizontal dimensions on the Type 45 Destroyer in order to mount the dome containing the twin A frame face, rotating SAMPSON E/F-band (S-b...

Happy to oblige Crusty! :) The launch of the first of class Type 45 Anti Air Warfare Destroyer HMS Daring is currently planned for early September 2005, though that will depend entirely on the final delivery dates of the Block E and F Bow Modules from Vosper Thorneycroft in Portsmouth. They are curr...