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Aircraft Carriers Hutton has promised that Barrow will build seven
Available with different
CVF build strategy
Astute class submarines as well as the Vanguard
Modular design
cylinder numbers
successor ballistic missile submarine and it will
revised
continue to provide engineering support to the build
of Lower Block 3.
The management board of the British Aircraft Carrier Steel is likely to be cut on the Clyde in June and the
Alliance (ACA) has approved a revision to the build ships, which were scheduled to enter service in 2014
strategy for the Future Carrier (CVF) programme. and 2016, will be one or two years late. Meanwhile,
The ACA has adjusted its plans to meet the A&P Tyne on Tyneside and Cammell Laird on
Ministry of Defence’s budget requirements, to reduce Merseyside have been named as preferred bidders for
risk and to protect core capability in the main British the build of the large midship Upper Blocks.
shipyards. This adjustment is in keeping with the
outcome of the Ministry’s Equipment Decision to Propulsion
re-schedule delivery of the two carriers.
As Naval Spyglass reported recently, at the time
Rolls-Royce adds
Defence Secretary John Hutton claimed the decision
to FF waterjet series
to delay CVF was influenced by problems receiving
the F-35B Lightning II Joint Combat Aircraft. First Rolls-Royce has launched a new waterjet for naval
Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band said budgetary markets. The Kamewa FF67 will be the latest in the
problems had driven the decision. FF-series of aluminium waterjets, which are the
Under the new strategy the bow section (Lower lightest and most powerful in their power range.
Block 1) will be built by Babcock’s yards at Appledore The new waterjet, available from late 2009, will also
and Rosyth; the midship Lower Block 2 built by BVT be suitable for commercial marine and offshore
Surface Fleet in Portsmouth and the stern sections markets.
(Lower Blocks 3 and 4) will be built by BVT on the Rolls-Royce, which pioneered the application of
Clyde. The sponsons will be manufactured by Babcock waterjets in naval vessels, said the FF67, which will be
Marine and the two superstructure islands will be the most powerful of the FF series, is an entirely new
built by BVT in Portsmouth with final assembly and design incorporating built-in hydraulics for the first
integration at Rosyth. time. This will save installation time at shipyards and
The previous build strategy envisaged Lower Block guarantee smooth start-up.
3 being constructed at BAE Systems Submarine Jay Dagher, Area Manager, Naval for the Rolls-Royce
Solutions in Barrow, but existing and future workloads marine business in the Middle East and South America,
on submarine programmes have led to a lack of said: “The FF67 is suitable for a range of vessels, includ-
capacity to take on the additional carrier work. ing large naval vessels, fast ferries and crewboats. The
FF series is a market leader and has sold more than
4000 units since the first design was introduced to the
market in the early 1980s.”
Rolls-Royce has already provided Kamewa
FF550 waterjets for 12 Fast Patrol Boats (FPBs) and
four Fast Supply Vessels built by ADSB for the UAE
Navy and UAE Coast Guard. Kamewa waterjets also
help power the six 72m Baynunah class corvettes
that Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) is building
for the UAE Navy. In addition, Kamewa FF375S
waterjets also power the ADSB Sea Keeper high-speed
landing craft.
Pushing the performance
Kamewa waterjets in service in the Arabian Gulf
region will, following an agreement signed in August
The extended torque range of MAN Diesel’s 28/33D STC engine with sequential turbocharging
2008, be maintained at a new Waterjet Service Centre
gives Fighting Ships and Patrol Vessels economical cruising, vivid acceleration and low emissions.
being established with ADSB.
The FF67 will weigh approximately 1650kg, includ-
Find out more at www.mandiesel.com
ing the hydraulic valve block, and the redesigned
axial flow pump provides more thrust over the whole
The management board of the British Aircraft Carrier speed range. This offers higher bollard pull and
Alliance (ACA) has approved a revision to the build improved acceleration.
strategy for the Future Carrier (CVF) programme. In addition, a completely new steering nozzle,
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