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ABC audited circulation 12,017


January - December 2008


NSPS charts course for Canadian shipbuilding


8–15 News 8–15 News


16–19 Features Feature 1 UK Royal Navy


16–19 Budget cuts could put paid to new naval programmes


Feature 2 Auxiliary vessels 20–21 Norway pursues multi-role AOR concept


Feature 3 Repair & maintenance


22–23 Novel defect detection technique to be used on T-class submarine


Feature 4 Patrol craft 24–25 Trinidad & Tobago OPV on course for delivery


26–27 First NTPB patrol boat launched by Dearsan Shipyard


Feature 5 Coast Guard vessels


28–29 Launch milestone for Turkish Coast Guard SAR project


Feature 6 Training


30–31 Advanced simulator for Royal Norwegian Navy’s Skjold class


Feature 7 Surface combatants


32–34 Export and domestic programmes under way at Damen Schelde


Feature 8 Sealift/logistic support 35–36 At-sea crane transfer system demonstrated


Feature 9 In-service support ISSN 0957-5537


37–38 Type 45 shows changing face of warship support


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Using a simulator will help reduce training costs for Norway’s Skjold class.


Warship Technology July/August 2010


Damen’s innovative ‘Axe Bow’ hullform is beginning to make waves in the naval market.


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Innovative concepts have been tested in support of the US Navy’s sea-basing concept.


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