I have heard mention recently that the MCDVs may be next up for replacing
Now I have perhaps seen one or two mentions in the media of this but not much beyond that the Navy would like them to be capable of 25 knots.
And that's about it .
I don't suppose anyone else has come across anything...
2021
export level unit
patrolvessel
rubin central design bureau for marine engineering
rubin design bureau
russian federation
submarine
submersible patrol ship
Hello :),
have you heard of the "Zerlegbares Polizei-Kampfboot ( ZPK )"? It was built in three sections and could be dismounted easily. Apparently some were built, but other versions weren`t. Please see all versions proposed at...
A design circa 1984.
A 750 ton catamaran patrol ship from BAZAN which never purchased the Armada Española (Spanish Navy).
Projected max speed: 50 knots
Dimensions: 50m x 20 m x 5 m
The armed ultralights are just atrezzo. (The idea of fighting ultra-light was very popular on those days)
I've asked the helpful folks over at Warship Disscussion 3.0 about this and despite much searching no-one could find any references, not even from Friedman's US books.
Reading Norman Friedman's 'British Carrier Aviation' he mentions the American Patrol Escort (PE) idea of the 1950s. Basically...
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