Recent unsold, incomplete and never used warships.

[Pusser01]

Gday all,
Was just thinking about what recent unsold, incomplete or never used warships there are in the world, recent being in the last 30 odd years.
Mainly just interested in any info on their potential fates etc.

The ones I have come up with for unsold:
The 3 Nakhoda Ragam corvettes originally for Brunei.
The 3 OPv's originally for Trinidad & Tobago.

Incomplete:
2 Henry J Kaiser AO's (Benjamin Isherwood & Henry Eckford) for the US.
Were these built with a double hull like 3 others?
2 TR-1700 subs for Argentina
1 Slava cruiser for Ukraine or Russia

Never used:
2 Assad corvetts for Iraq
1 Stromboli replenishment tanker for Iraq.
Is there any chance these may finally be used by Iraq?

All up potentially quite a handy little fleet if ever bought/finished if anyone has the cash

If you have any news on these ships or any others that I've missed feel free to add them.
Cheers

 

[gf0012-aust]

If you have any news on these ships or any others that I've missed feel free to add them.
Cheers

You should subscribe to Maritime Reporter, you'll get it for nothing due to work. You don't need to go through work, just use your work email and they'll in all likelihood add you to the list.

eg HMS Invincible was "advertised" Dec 2010

I'd highly recommend it....

ditto Sea Technology
ditto Ocean News

 

[ngatimozart]

You should subscribe to Maritime Reporter, you'll get it for nothing due to work. You don't need to go through work, just use your work email and they'll in all likelihood add you to the list.

eg HMS Invincible was "advertised" Dec 2010

I'd highly recommend it....

ditto Sea Technology
ditto Ocean News

Thanks for the magazine leads. They will be of use in my studies (coastal science). It is good to keep current with what is happening in the field that is not covered by the scientific journals or the mainstream media.

 

[SASWanabe]

Austal have this for sale

Delivery Multi-Role Trimaran 102m - Austal

 

[gf0012-aust]

Thanks for the magazine leads. They will be of use in my studies (coastal science). It is good to keep current with what is happening in the field that is not covered by the scientific journals or the mainstream media.

I would highly recommend Sea Technology for what you're doing.

There are some other very good magazines which cover peripheral technology issues which every now and then go into maritime issues. eg Photonics Magazine.

If you are in NZDEF or NZG you can probably end up getting them for nothing.

 

[gf0012-aust]

Austal have this for sale

Delivery Multi-Role Trimaran 102m - Austal

thats based on the beluga express (another nickname because the proper name "Benchijigua Express" is such a mouthful)

that won't get bought, but if ET, Fiji or the Solomons goes pear shaped before the fat ships or largs arrives, then it probably will get short term leased.

 

[ngatimozart]

I would highly recommend Sea Technology for what you're doing.

There are some other very good magazines which cover peripheral technology issues which every now and then go into maritime issues. eg Photonics Magazine.

If you are in NZDEF or NZG you can probably end up getting them for nothing.

Thanks & much appreciated. I have subscribed to Sea Technology & to Ocean News. I have a geoscience company a friend and I formed to test RTKGPS and hand held echo sounder combination in the surf zone 10 years ago. Used that for free subscription.

 

[Sea Toby]

The two Kaiser class oilers are laid up and are being used as a spare parts source for the other Kaiser class oilers which entered the fleet...

USNS Henry Eckford (T-AO-192) & USNS Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191)

 

[alexsa]

Austal have this for sale

Delivery Multi-Role Trimaran 102m - Austal

A few issues to note

1. It is a HSC hence it has a restricted operating envelope in the commercial world (4 hours for a safe haven at operating speed, not max, for PAX and 8 hours for cargo.... these are PAX)

2. The 700 tonne deadweight. This includes all fuel, stores, crew, crew provisions, spare parts. The uplift dead weight appears to be in the order of 340 tonnes, however PAX and their gear counts in the uplift deadweight. If you decide to carry the helecopted subtract another 11 to 20 tonnes if you take support with it.

3. The things eat fuel at speed and only has a 1200nm range at 18 knots, so if you are off to Timor it will be a slow trip unless you have a tanker or fule at the other end.

These ships are great for point ot point work where you control a safe harbour at both ends of the transport route

 

[icelord]

A few issues to note

1. It is a HSC hence it has a restricted operating envelope in the commercial world (4 hours for a safe haven at operating speed, not max, for PAX and 8 hours for cargo.... these are PAX)

2. The 700 tonne deadweight. This includes all fuel, stores, crew, crew provisions, spare parts. The uplift dead weight appears to be in the order of 340 tonnes, however PAX and their gear counts in the uplift deadweight. If you decide to carry the helecopted subtract another 11 to 20 tonnes if you take support with it.

3. The things eat fuel at speed and only has a 1200nm range at 18 knots, so if you are off to Timor it will be a slow trip unless you have a tanker or fule at the other end.

These ships are great for point ot point work where you control a safe harbour at both ends of the transport route

While in hobart for their wooden regatta, Incat had a small stand that showed a large amount of trimarians and catarmarans dedicated to military use. Seems they are targetting Austals contracts(why it was at a wooden boat show is beyond me also)