HMS Bulldog (Type 31 frigate)
HMS Bulldog is a Type 31 frigate of the Royal Navy and the eighth vessel named Bulldog. The name was selected to represent key themes that represent the future plans of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
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Name | Bulldog |
Namesake | HMS Bulldog (H91) |
Builder | Babcock International,[1] Rosyth |
Status | Under construction[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 31 frigate |
Displacement | 5,700 t (5,600 long tons) |
Length | 138.7 m (455 ft 1 in) |
Installed power | 4 × Rolls Royce/MTU 20V 8000 M71 (8.2 MW) diesel engines[3] 4 × Rolls Royce/MTU 16V 2000 M41B (900 kW) generators |
Propulsion | MAN Alpha VBS Mk 5 CP propeller, two shafts, CODAD[4] |
Speed | In excess of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Endurance | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) |
Complement | 80–100 (accommodation for up to 160) |
Sensors and processing systems | Thales TACTICOS combat management system, Thales NS110 3D radar, Raytheon Warship Integrated Navigation and Bridge System, Terma Scanter and Raytheon NSX navigation radars, 2 Mirador Mk2 EOS, Viasat Ultrahigh-frequency satellite communications[5] |
Electronic warfare & decoys | Vigile-D ESM |
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Aircraft carried | |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter hangar and flight deck |
Notes | Mission bay under flight deck for 6 TEUs. 3 boat bays for RHIBs and USVs/UUVs. |
Bulldog, named after the Second World War B-class destroyer HMS Bulldog (H91), which escorted convoys in the Atlantic, was chosen to represent operations in the North Atlantic. Bulldog captured a German Enigma machine and associated codebooks that were on board U-boat U-110. Its capture enabled British intelligence to decipher German naval messages.[9] The plan for the Type 31 project envisages all five units of the class being in service by February 2030.[10] Construction was reported to be underway as of early 2023.[11]
References
- "Babcock Team 31 selected as preferred bidder for UK Type 31 frigate programme". babcockinternational. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- "Royal Navy Fleet Poster p.20" (PDF). Navy News. February 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- "Rolls-Royce Seals Propulsion Systems Contract For Royal Navy's Type 31 Frigates". 29 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- "MAN to supply propulsion for Royal Navy frigates". 27 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- Chuter, Andrew (3 November 2020). "Viasat to supply Britain's future frigate with satellite communications tech". defensenews.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- "Royal Navy's Type 31 frigates to be fitted with Mk41 vertical launch system". Navy Lookout. 17 May 2023.
- Childs, Nick (7 October 2019). "UK's naval balancing act: getting the Type-31 frigate right". iiss.org/. IISS. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
as well as up to 24 MBDA Sea Ceptor local-area air-defence missiles
- Royal Navy's Type 31 frigates have names; HMS Active recalls her predecessor and Falklands liberation, MercoPress South Atlantic, 19 June 2021, retrieved 20 June 2021
- "Royal Navy formally announces the names of the 'inspiration class' Type 31 frigates". Navy Lookout. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- "Royal Navy Fleet Poster p.20" (PDF). Navy News. February 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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