Babcock Worldwide Group, the defence firm, has began a post-life extension (LIFEX) on the Royal Navy’s Sort 23 frigate HMS Argyll at their Devonport facility. It’s the first Sort 23 to endure a post-LIFEX repairs, adopting a brand new revolutionary strategy to re-certification on the facility’s Frigate Assist Centre (FSC). HMS Argyll is at present the oldest serving Sort 23 frigate within the Royal Navy.Babcock will overhaul gear and perform design modifications for brand spanking new capabilities resembling communications upgrades and blended crewing. The Duke Class frigate can even obtain a full spray coat of paint the outer backside and ship aspect.
Sarah Hilder, Undertaking Supervisor for HMS Argyll’s repairs, mentioned: “HMS Argyll presents an enormous alternative to display Babcock working in collaboration with our buyer all through the planning interval and by implementing new environment friendly and revolutionary processes we’re striving to finish the venture in a lowered timescale in comparison with an ordinary repairs.”
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Work started instantly with the vessel being ready for a Lloyds structural survey to realize an early full ship evaluation in simply 9 weeks. HMS Argyll was the primary to endure repairs inside the LIFEX programme in 2015. After she returned to the Royal Navy in 2017 Babcock has continued to ship the Sort 23 life-extension programme throughout the fleet. Babcock’s current milestones on the programme embrace HMS Somerset attaining prepared for sea date and commencing sea trials earlier this 12 months, HMS Iron Duke just lately undocking and HMS St Albans getting ready to flood up later this month.
Babcock Worldwide Group plc is a British-American aerospace, defence and nuclear engineering providers firm primarily based in London, England. It specialises in managing advanced belongings and infrastructure. Though the corporate has civil contracts, its fundamental enterprise is with public our bodies, significantly the UK’s Ministry of Defence and Community Rail. The corporate has 4 working sectors, with abroad operations primarily based in Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia. Babcock is listed on the London Inventory Trade, and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
