The 27th new Tamar class lifeboat was handed over to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) by Babcock yesterday, marking the last lifeboat to be built for the charity by Babcock under the existing contract. The 16 metre Tamar class slipway-launched lifeboat, originally developed by RNLI designers with Babcock, represented a major step forward in [...]
Babcock has won a five year contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to provide through-life engineering support for the Royal Navy’s ocean survey vessel HMS Scott, following a successful competitive bid process. Under the contract, which includes an option to extend in 2018 for a further five years, Babcock will provide all aspects of [...]
A key milestone has been marked with the delivery by Babcock of the final major component of the Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS) for the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. The last of the six Waste Water Treatment Plants was delivered in April following successful Factory Acceptance Testing. The Babcock-designed IWMS handles the various [...]
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HMS Somerset returned to the active Fleet on Friday 15th March 2013 following an extensive package of sea trials, after a large upgrade package for the Plymouth based Type-23 frigate. The project has been successfully undertaken by a joint SSS Alliance team (MoD, Babcock, and BAE Systems) under the co-ordination of the Type 23 COM. Having [...]
Babcock has been awarded a four year contract by the UK MoD for the manufacture, supply, repair and provision of technical services for maritime constructive engineering equipment for all Royal Navy ships and submarines. Under the £11m+ contract Babcock will supply a core project management service to procure and manage the supply, repair and refurbishment [...]
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Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has this week successfully completed the installation of the first MT30 gas turbine into the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, at Babcock’s Rosyth shipyard in Scotland. The MT30, at 36 megawatts (around 50,000 horsepower), is the world’s most powerful marine gas turbine. Two MT30s will be [...]
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Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset has left Devonport Royal Dockyard for sea trials with significantly increased sustainability and fighting capability, following a successful nine-month docking period undertaken by Babcock; the first major maintenance period conducted under the full implementation of the Surface Ship Support (SSS) Alliance Class Output Management (COM) arrangements. The project has been [...]
Babcock International Group PLC (Babcock), the UK’s leading engineering support services company, announces that it has acquired LGE Process (LGE) from The Weir Group PLC for an enterprise value of £23 million. LGE will be combined with Babcock’s Design Services (DS) business unit, within the Marine and Technology division. DS operates in both the naval [...]
HMS Penzance has arrived in Rosyth as the minehunter becomes the latest to undergo a multi-million-pound revamp in the dockyard. The ship will be out of action for five months as her ship’s company and experts from Babcock overhaul her from bow to stern and main mast to keel. When she emerges from the impressive [...]
Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland has left Rosyth to return to her base port of Plymouth. The departure follows a 50-week, multi-million pound refit by Babcock at the Fife dockyard. With more than 260,000 man hours invested in the almost year-long project, the 133-metre HMS Portland will return to sea bristling with the [...]
