3 New Navy Vessels for Irish Naval Service

It reads like a lovely PR piece for the Navy. Are they now saying a Seaman can earn up to 60k after training?

Tender to be published for the MRV this week.

A very positive step. We look forward to the specification with interest.

Lets feckin walk before we can run eh?

Besides, unless these vessels are more Absalon than Karel Doorman, then its not a second one we need, its a multipurpose frigate or two to finish out the capability ambition.

should they not be sorting berth and power first for something that might happen in 10 years . basin is full of vessels they cant put to sea and verolme is the same no room for another grey hull... i think they would be better of working with what they have first... NS should have never lost the helo of eithne whats to say that wont happen again if this build happen in few years time

Depends on what the article means by “completion” by 2025, are they talking about the tender process or the build? The British yards are unlikely to be free to get a hull completed by then, two of their 31’s haven’t even been laid down yet. The Polish yards maybe be able to add in another hull in that timeframe but it would be fairly different to the fit out for theirs.

Add in the political element of Brexit and where it might be more beneficial to spend our limited defence monies (ie is it worth more to buy EU than U.K.?), and the fact that the design doesn’t match the vehicle lift of what was known about the MRV?

https://www.naval-technology.com/news/portuguese-navy-charts-new-waters-with-damen-shipyards/?cf-view

A very interesting and versatile design indeed and would be a great addition to the fleet.

I read a piece recently describing it as an aircraft for UAV'S. Would be excellent capability to have given the massive area the navy have to patrol in the Atlantic.

So if it is imminent (finally) are we likely to see it covered in one of the Sunday Papers this weekend?

I've read that one, but to me that seems to just be based off the Journal's first article, the state dropping "the largest single spend procurement" (and isn't that a sad reflection of things) would I think get more coverage than just that?

Who is going to man this potential new ship? Navy, or will there be an auxiliary service setup? Or will it be a mix of military and civil?

Minor correction, they do have tankers still in operation, it’s their solid stores ships that are the issue, particularly as due to the 2010 review they only have one ship that can support the carriers and the Fort Vic is screwed. It is funny however on sites like UKDJ after seeing so many posters hitting us for our manning issues particularly in the engineering department that many of the posters have finally accepted that it’s not a unique issue for us, with their RFA and RN having the same growing problem, along with other navies around the world.

Title: Procurement of a Multi-Role Vessel-MRV for the Irish Naval Service

Description: The Minister for Defence plans to undertake a procurement process to replace the decommissioned Irish Naval Service vessel, LÉ Eithne with a Multi-Role Vessel, with a design specification capable of providing a flexible and adaptive capacity for a wide range of maritime tasks, both at home and overseas. It is anticipated the new vessel will also be enabled for helicopter operations, freight/personnel carrying operations and will be the flagship of the Irish naval fleet.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 300,000,000 EUR​

https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:46369-2024:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0

Is the extra 100 million due to extra scope or allowing for inflation?

So, how long before the first soundbites about how many "hospitals/schools/houses..." or "warmongering NATO/EU ARMY!" from our wonderful collection of Left nutters?

But seriously, great to see this finally actually starting and now we get to argue about what options might be put forward and which we might prefer...