Trimaran experiment begins to take shape

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Vosper Thornycroft is to start building the UK's trimaran warship demonstrator, RV Triton, in January 1999 under a contract worth $19.5 million. The company intends to cut the first steel for the trimaran ship experiment, with construction of the first units slated for February 1999. VT, which is looking at classification matters, is now working with Defense Evaluation and Research Agency on hull lines and tank models. RV Triton is a 90m-long, 1,100-tonne displacement demonstrator scheduled fort launching in 2000.

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Triton trials - the world is watching..

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Southampton, UK-based Vosper Thornycroft has developed the RV Triton, the UK's revolutionary ship. Its trimaran hull is claimed to be the most significant step in warship design since the advent of the ironclad ships of the 1960s. Its wide range of equipmnt demonstrates its flexibility and adaptability in undertaking various types of trials. In comparative sea- keeping scale-model tank tests, Triton performed well against models of the Royal Navy's Castle-class offshore patrol vessels.

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RV Triton launched at Southampton

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The RV Triton trimaran demonstrator researh vessel built by Vosper Thornycroft for the Uk's Defense Evaluation and Research Agency was launched on May 6, 2000. The vessel will undergo a series of test to allow the Royal Navy to evaluate whether the trimaran hull form could be adopted for its Future Surface Combatant, which will replace the Type22/23 frigates. The company said that it used special steel inserts to meet the required 20-year fatigue life of the vessel.

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