Just as a stop-gap solution to operate besides the Elli-class.
The Ellis are all older (the youngest was commissioned seven years earlier), so I'd expect Lübeck to be in better shape unless worked harder or worse maintained.
All ships in the F122 class have been pulling deployments non-stop for the last ten years until the K130s came into FOC to sequentially replace them in places like Lebanon or Somalia.
Nah.
The last MLU of the F122 class ran between 1992 and 1998 and installed RAM launchers, enlarged the flight deck and installed new radars. During that MLU they also switched the original AN/UYK-7 central computer for the SATIR FCS for a AN/UYK-43 (i.e. they replaced a 1970 UNIVAC with a 1984 UNIVAC...).
A pet peeve of mine, but as has been pointed out to me, there is no international standardisation of warship classification. Yes, carriers, subs etc., are obvious however corvettes, frigates, destroyers, and cruisers far less so. So how do you define what is a corvette / FF / DD / CC? Is it by tonnage / length / weapons systems / capability / or mission? Each navy appears to have a different definition for each of those classes. H I Sutton is writing from an American perspective so he would use the USN classification system, which some of us here use because of its shorthand simplicity.
Although he's also falling into the pitfalls that that system has - the internal mismatch on destroyers vs cruisers for example (of course stemming from the whole Spruance/Kidd/Ticonderoga hull mess).
Yes, I understand that. I was wondering more about a severely damaged vessel of this size that was actually flooded out. Sort of thinking about sabotage. Also, what if this vessel had been a mega tanker that suffered a huge loss of crude in the canal. Surely that could delay a return to operations for quite some time?
www.abc.net.au
RPG attacks aren't unheard of in egypt, but you would really need multiple hits to make a decent hole. Security around the Canal is pretty tight. Ships are very large and unless a state actor is involved, attacks are symbolic.
ctc.usma.edu
More than 100 other ships are already waiting near the channel, hopefully the insurance will pay for this.She looks like she is wedged in pretty hard. They had earth moving equipment trying to dig her out. She ran aground after a steering incident during high winds in a sand storm. In the wider shots you can see her bow is wedged up, proper stuck.
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'Strong winds' pegged as cause for container ship becoming stuck in Suez Canal
A skyscraper-sized container ship wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal blocking all traffic in the vital waterway could take at least two days to dislodge, creating a backlog in global shipping.
Hopefully they will get her free in a few days, but it does look like a few days to do it.
RPG attacks aren't unheard of in egypt, but you would really need multiple hits to make a decent hole. Security around the Canal is pretty tight. Ships are very large and unless a state actor is involved, attacks are symbolic.
.Attacks in the Suez: Security of the Canal at Risk? – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Egypt’s Suez Canal is one of the world’s busiest petroleum shipping channels.[1] An estimated 2.2 million barrels of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Persian Gulf pass through the Suez Canal every day bound for markets in Europe and North America.[2] In addition, more than 1,500...
As for an oil spill, I don't think that would stop anyone, any disabled ship would easily be pumped out, and its not very deep and theres no rocks to hit.
Suez incident like this already happen before. However not in this size of ships. This's one of the largest container ship. At 400 meter it can dwarf even Ford Class CVN.
www.suezcanal.gov.eg
The last enlargement, in your link, added a second canal for 72 km, with links to the original channel. Extending that might be the quickest & cheapest solution to both capacity limits & the risk of blockages.There's talk on building larger parallel canal both in Suez and Panama.
SCA - New Suez Canal
This content has been shared from the official website of Suez Canal Authority
Yes, seems many Analysts still hope to create complete pararel canal so ships from each direction can have their own separate water ways. What the canal authorities have done so far, only partially create separate canal on certain segment.
gcaptain.com
ULCV/UULCV’s are designed for optimum performance/control at around 20kts.This article describes the difficulty in operating ULCV and UULCV ships. Interesting note on the wind area for the ship stuck in the canal, 20,000 sq m. The largest clipper ship was about 5,000 sq m. You have to be impressed with the Mariners who operate these beasts.
Do Super-Sized Ships Create Super-Sized Problems?
This article was originally published in 2019. It has been reposted to provide context to the Ever Given situation in the Suez Canal. Also read Part 2: Piloting a Megaship:...