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MSPO 2015: Remontowa Shipbuilding Unveiled Several New Projects to Answer Polish Navy Needs.
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Conceptual
image: Replenishment Tanker (Zbiornikowiec codename "Supply") |
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Remontowa's
second largest project unveiled at MSPO 2015 is a replenishment tanker
(Zbiornikowiec codename "Supply"). This project has a length
overall of 106 meters, a breadth of 18 meters for a displacement of 5,700
tons. This design could be pitched by Remontowa Shipbuilding to answer a future Polish Ministry of National Defence need to replace the existing ORP Baltyk, a 2,900 tons fleet tanker which was launched in 1988. As for the Logistic Support Ship project above, the fleet tanker is still at project phase and the images conceptual, but based on the CGI, this replenishment tanker is fitted with: a Rheinmetall Millennium 35mm CIWS as main gun at the bow, 2x Rheinmetall MASS decoy systems on top of the bridge, 4x machine gun mounts, a helicopter deck, a large crane, space to store 8 standard iso containers and 2 RHIBs. |
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Conceptual
image: Degaussing Ship codename "Magneto" |
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Another project unveiled by Remontowa at MSPO 2015 is the Degaussing Ship
codename "Magneto". It should be based on the same hull of the
Kormoran II mine counter measure vessel which was very recently launched
by Remontowa. Based on the image, the Magneto project vessel is fitted with the same turret as the Kormoran II vessel (a ), 2x machine gun mounts, 2x RHIBs stored behind the bridge and a third one on ramp at the stern. There is a small platform for VERTREP (vertical replenishment) and maybe deploying and recovering VTOL UAVs. Magneto has a length of 59 meters, breadth of 11.3 meters for a displacement of 930 tons. |
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Scale
model of THV Galatea on Remontowa stand at MSPO 2015. A multi-function
rescue vessel for the Polish Navy could be based on the same design. |
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Remontowa
was also showcasing a scale model of an existing (civilian) vessel: The
THV Galatea. THV Galatea is a lighthouse tender operated by Trinity House,
the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation
aids around the coasts of England, Wales and the Channel Islands. It was
launched in July 2006. Remontowa plans to use the same base to answer the future "Ratownik" (Polish word for "Rescuer") program which calls for two multi-function rescue vessels capable of supporting and rescuing not just surface ships but submarines as well. The Polish Navy launched a tender for two diesel electric submarines (Orka program) and these "Ratownik" vessels should be procured when construction of the future Polish Navy submarines have started. THV Galatea has a length of 84 meters for a displacement of 3569 tons. It is fitted with a forward helicopter flight deck on top of the bow. |
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