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Prewar advocacy of diesel battleships and battlecruisers is linked to German fuel access and engine development.
From What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed? ·
Reduced fuel rivalry is proposed as a way for the navy to gain room to bargain between the army and Luftwaffe.
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The supply case includes producing diesel from coal and concentrating fuel production on the navy's chosen requirement.
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Compare the manufacturing and operating demands of steam machinery with the different redundancy offered by multiple diesels.
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A geared installation lets a ship disconnect engines and choose how many provide power to each shaft.
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A fleet of long-range ships would widen the Royal Navy's search problem, especially if raiders could replenish overseas.
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The common-hull proposal asks whether several fast capital ships would serve Germany better than a smaller number of larger designs.
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A small family of hulls is proposed as a way to concentrate scarce German design and construction expertise.
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The construction estimate uses repeated Scharnhorst hulls and avoids preparing slipways for successively larger battleships.
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The armament proposal retains the initial 11-inch installation while allowing later ships to use twin 15-inch turrets.
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The projected build programme produces alternative mixes of carriers and fast capital ships, with completion dates left uncertain.
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A simple division of fuel between outward passage, operations and return explains why extra range matters after an Atlantic breakout.
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Six 15-inch guns are assessed against trade warfare and possible French or Russian opponents, rather than an assumed decisive battle with Britain.
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A carrier and two fast capital ships would combine reconnaissance, air attack and surface protection to choose which convoys to engage.
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Simpler capital-ship requirements are proposed as a way to create more threats for Britain's fast battleships to cover.
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A Scharnhorst-sized carrier could carry the proposed air group, but its aircraft-handling systems would still have to work together.
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Greater destroyer endurance would support Atlantic raiding groups and address the fuel constraint illustrated by Narvik.
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The destroyer debate leads to a wider procurement question: does an attractive capability meet the purchasing navy's requirements?
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Destroyers designed around coastal operations would restrict a fleet intended to send surface raiders into the Atlantic.
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The greater operating radius raises an Iceland scenario that would change Allied convoy protection and amphibious priorities.
From What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed? ·
Seven German fast capital ships and three carriers would make pauses in British battleship and carrier construction harder to justify.
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A German carrier programme could influence French procurement and Mussolini's priorities through strategic concern and prestige.
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Additional German carriers and fast capital ships would change British choices before and during operations in Norway.
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German diesel projects provide assumptions for a wargame that tests how a long-range task group would affect the North Atlantic.
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The simulated raiding threat competes with other British deployments and changes the construction and disposition of Allied fleets.
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A criticism of Churchill's planning connects attractive ideas with the limits of the people expected to carry them out.
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One wargame run illustrates the reach of a diesel raiding force and the replenishment system that kept it moving.
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One tested British response uses diesels for cruising and turbines for high speed in a hypothetical Lion-class battleship.
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Changing German programme announcements illustrate the difference between a procurement decision and the enduring requirements behind it.
From The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X) ·
ASWF's submarine-hunting role differs from Dutch air-warfare frigates, while earlier missile-fit proposals raise questions about self-defence.
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Research costs, changing orders, and inconsistent reported prices complicate the claim that ASWFs are billion-euro frigates.
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A personal assessment of Damen engineers explains the tension between technical improvements and governments' willingness to pay for them.
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The proposed fit combines 16 VLS cells, 64 ESSMs, RAM, eight Naval Strike Missiles, and several guns, alongside uncrewed support.
From The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X) ·
Diesel-electric and direct diesel drive are assessed against the endurance and allied-task-group work expected of Dutch and Belgian frigates.
From The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X) ·
Limited VLS capacity is criticised while the medium-calibre gun fit is welcomed for defence against drones.
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Quoted ASWF delivery dates and second-hand Norwegian comments distinguish a promising design from a programme already building ships.
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ASWF's strengths for Dutch and Belgian requirements are weighed against the extensive changes expected from a US customer.
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The first five F110s provide the firm basis for discussion; stronger later ships and their dimensions remain less certain.
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The 127 mm gun receives approval, while the absence of an accompanying 76 mm weapon prompts a criticism of the fit.
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A claimed six-knot speed reduction is questioned against reports of modest changes in dimensions and unchanged machinery.
From The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X) ·
The F100-to-F110 design lineage offers a way to think about development costs and national price comparisons.
From The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X) ·
SPY-7, Aegis, and CAPTAS-4 make F110 a substantial sensor node whose computing load helps explain its power requirements.
From The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X) ·
A recalled viewer comparison turns on whether national sonar names identify different equipment.
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A 16-cell initial fit is compared with reports of 48 additional strike-length cells, prompting a tentative argument about unused hull space.
From The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X) ·
Norwegian development gives NSM an availability advantage over prospective new Western weapons, while Exocet retains strengths from repeated modernisation.
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Navantia's role illustrates how a prime contractor coordinates a multinational supplier network to produce a modern frigate.
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One Standard missile or four ESSMs in a launcher cell makes magazine depth a significant choice for the baseline F110.
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The Falklands example explains why defensive salvo sizes can increase when an incoming missile threatens a ship in wartime.
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