The HI had a valid Seaworthiness Certificate and had been receiving a Class notation by DNV-GL: [image] Norsk selskap godkjente KNM Helge Ingstad før ulykken Både klasseselskapet DNV GL og Forsvarets materielltilsyn godkjente krigsskipet i april i fjor. PS> No…

[image] Klaveness: They have reportedly installed inflatable bellows as an interim measure on the sister ships. Well, it would be much better to make the shaft tunnels between the aft generator room and the gear room through the aft engine room watertight. But maybe nobody cared about it? I …

“I videoene kan man for første gang se nærbilder av skadeomfanget på KNM «Helge Ingstad». I kollisjonen ble lager og lugarer akterut, akter generatorrom, aktre maskinrom, girrom og forre maskinrom truffet av ankeret på tankskipet. Alle rommene fikk vannfylling.” Well, it seems the video only shows …

I have been involved with a number of civil engineering jobs as a contractor. In every case the client had a resident engineer on site at all time who had responsibility to check the work we did was in accordance with the contract spec. After he signed it off… it was down to him. I would have thoug…

Maybe survivability is no longer a navy concern. The navy knows that the ship will be destroyed by the first accurate incoming missle. The life expectancy of these fast light ships in a serious conflict is probably only a few minutes. This is why I say the Navy should build a large number of cheap b…

[image] tugsailor: the Navy should build a large number of cheap basic ships, not a handful of billion dollar science fiction ships. Not much glamour or glory in driving one of those low cost things. No self respecting wannabe admiral would ever want to have a photo op on one.

Yes. They want to put on the resume “Commanded a state of the art billion dollar ship” so they can retire young and get a high paying job managing ships or doing government contracting for TOTE or Chouest.

One might wonder why they still send these ships manned with young people Kamikaze style into a war situation with which they cannot cope. Already in 1982 a loser nation run by a dictator almost brought the British fleet near the Falkland Islands on their knees with a couple of Exocet, french for fl…

Never knew they had Helicopters in WWII, From the look of what is on the deck at the stern, that sure looks like a Helicopter Pad to me.

The photograph was changed and now correctly shows Sheffield.

Frigate Helge Ingstad Design - Damage Survivability - #137 by Kennebec_Captain - Professional Mariner Forum

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