@TomSharpe134 So as Lyme Bay heads out on potentially dangerous ops . There’s no one championing their cause for a fair pay offer.
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This is a good effort by ship's company RFA Lyme and many, many others
Many hurdles still to clear but for now, fair winds - they have a spicy trip coming up🫡
National Armaments Director Group@UKArmaments
RFA Lyme Bay has sailed from Gibraltar carrying state-of-the-art minehunting kit and 100+ specialist personnel, ahead of a potential mission to safeguard freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s what’s on board... ⤵️
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@Osintcollection A crane is hardly unique. Proteus has similar
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What a unique and excellent capability Stirling Castle is actually bringing.
Navy Lookout@NavyLookout
.@HMS_Str_Castle offloading containers to @RFALymeBay in Gibraltar on 20th May. Interesting to note, no need to secure alongside - ship held in place by Dynamic Positioning System. 10-tonne crane provides self-load/unload capability. Photo: MoD / LPhot Kevin Walton
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@NavyLookout @HMS_Str_Castle @RFALymeBay Fair one , maybe @HMS_Str_Castle can tell us the max lift of the crane ( I suspect it’s greater than 10 tonnes)
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.@HMS_Str_Castle offloading containers to @RFALymeBay in Gibraltar on 20th May.
Interesting to note, no need to secure alongside - ship held in place by Dynamic Positioning System. 10-tonne crane provides self-load/unload capability.
Photo: MoD / LPhot Kevin Walton
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@TomSharpe134 @FennellJW But still no payrise in sight. Shocking debarcle held up by treasury. Still delivering with their backs against the wall. @JohnHealey_MP @LukePollard @AlistairCarns @nautilusint @RMTunion @_HenryBolton @haynesdeborah
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@Gunbust09696378 @Gabriel64869839 Lyme has previously done afsb so I expect all the hard wiring is still there. Mnts the only one not been EoS. Not sure if her chilled water plants were upgraded.
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@Gabriel64869839 Container deck aft of the TAS may have needed power supply's added. I fitted some to a Bay previously.
Add comms & radio AE for control. Dedicated below decks container support. Container magazine support.
Lots of stuff to do.
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So, apart from craning over a MHC Block 1 toolbox with USVs plus a VAHANA workboat, RHIBs and Kraken K3s, "conversion" amounted to what...?
I didn't think any major change to the ship was ever needed in the first place, but it was hyped up so damn much.
So, what?
Navy Lookout@NavyLookout
Latest news article: RFA Lyme Bay sails from Gibraltar for mine clearance operations in the Middle East navylookout.com/rfa-lyme-bay-s… Photo @Gibdan1
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@Gunbust09696378 @Gabriel64869839 Everybody loves a spray curtain test. They did during acp in Asri when the vehicle deck was full of triwalls hoping that the plastic socks would stop it spraying 🤣🤣🤣
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@wave_hoppa @Gabriel64869839 Wiring it up, connecting the hoses... Not pulling it all out when moving cherry picker!
Or shorting it doing a vehicle deck spray test! 😂
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Latest news article:
RFA Lyme Bay sails from Gibraltar for mine clearance operations in the Middle East
navylookout.com/rfa-lyme-bay-s…
Photo @Gibdan1
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@DrChrisParry There are civil servants hired to daily churn out this vague guff. I struggle to recognise their contribution to our defence.
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@BaggyShanker Excellent can you hasten up an acceptable pay offer to RFA sailors . No one in defence seems especially bothered.
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@UKForcesTracker @HMSSomerset @RFATideforce Oh look an RFA out there and still no decent pay settlement . Shockingly bad form @JohnHealey_MP @LukePollard @AlistairCarns @nautilusint @RMTunion
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Concurrent to the UKCSG Op. Firecrest deployment, is the everyday Towed Array Patrol Ship duty and her supporting tanker.
HMS Somerset and RFA Tideforce are on deployment to the GIUK Gap.
(Src: @HMSSomerset)
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Welcome to the Defence team @BaggyShanker
John Healey@JohnHealey_MP
Pleased to welcome @BaggyShanker to the Ministry of Defence team as my new PPS. He brings a wealth of local government and private sector experience. Looking forward to working together to deliver for our forces around the world and for people and businesses at home.
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@JohnHealey_MP @BaggyShanker Is he bringing a payrise for RFA who you seem to have forgotten about ?
Happy to turn to them when required. You completely take them for granted . One day in the not too distant future they just won’t be there. @nautilusint @RMTunion
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Pleased to welcome @BaggyShanker to the Ministry of Defence team as my new PPS.
He brings a wealth of local government and private sector experience.
Looking forward to working together to deliver for our forces around the world and for people and businesses at home.
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@DrChrisParry @OnthisdayRN Don’t wear action gear that melts ?
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@OnthisdayRN So - what lessons were learned during this event about firefighting?
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Why is RN firefighting training today based on this event?
The fires were not contained and the ship sank.
On This Day RN@OnthisdayRN
#OnThisDay 1982 Type 42 Destroyer HMS COVENTRY is lost during action with Argentine Aircraft in which several bombs hit. 19 sailors died, most of which were in the Operations Room and Dining Hall areas where bombs the hit. RN Firefighting training today still based on this event
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How on earth do they propose to refuel these things? I'm for using the MARS platform as a drone mothership, we need more ships if that were the case, but the challenge of refueling remains.
JamesFennell MBE@FennellJW
What does a 1,000 ship hybrid navy look like? 20 frigates and destroyers, each with two 1,000 ton Type 91 LUSVs makes an effective surface force of 60 escorts. Aother 40 smaller 350 ton Type 92 'sloops' and Type 93 Chariot UUVS provide an ASW barrier as part of Atlantic Bastion?
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@FennellJW @Putinfails I would love to see an automated RAS whilst underway. How would you pass lines , pass hoses , connect up ?
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@Putinfails RAS can be automated, or a crew moved to them by helo or seaboat during RAS.
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@enviro1993 @Franksquarerig How much of that 56bn is spent on poor decisions with nothing to show for it?
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@Franksquarerig You do get the impression that except for our overworked Typhoon fleet everything in defence has collapsed.
Yes funding isn’t what it should be but our forces do not represent a £56bn annual spend.
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Demands elsewhere? Apart from Cyprus for Wildcat & ASAC Merlin where precisely? Even if F35 are all broken or on leave, there should be plenty of ASW Merlin + Commando Merlin + some more Wildcat.
Not a good look
Chris Parry@DrChrisParry
A 500 space supermarket car park used by only 4 cars.
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@ModernNavy The navy had stated hospital ship duties would be covered by t45, carriers or LSDA. Now if they were to send anything, you would guarantee it wouldn’t be an RN asset in that situation it would be RFA. YET still the government won’t offer RFA a satisfactory pay settlement.
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In September 2014, RFA ARGUS was deployed to support the fight against Ebola. Well it looks like #Ebola is coming back. Without replacement of such comprehensive hospital ship facilities, could Britain play a lead role once more if needed @ModernNavy
gov.uk/government/new…
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@AlistairCarns I bet you didn’t take any good news of a pay offer to RFA Lyme bay
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