HMS Bulldog is a Type 31 frigate of the Royal Navy and the eighth vessel named Bulldog.[8] The name was selected to represent key themes that represent the future plans of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Bulldog |
| Namesake | HMS Bulldog (H91) |
| Builder | Babcock International,[1] Rosyth |
| Status | Ordered |
| 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[2] 4 × Rolls Royce/MTU 16V 2000 M41B (900 kW) generators |
| Propulsion | MAN Alpha VBS Mk 5 controllable pitch propeller, two shafts, CODAD[3] |
| Speed | In excess of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Endurance | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) |
| Complement | c. 110 (accommodation for up to 190)[4] |
| 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 |
| Armament |
|
| 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]
References
edit- ^ "Babcock Team 31 selected as preferred bidder for UK Type 31 frigate programme". babcockinternational. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The development of a lean crewing solution for the Royal Navy's Type 31 frigate". Navy Lookout. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ 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.