A naval welder makes a new warship shipshape
Picture by Roger Bamber 8 October 1999 A welder works on the frame sections fabricating one of the side hulls of Vosper Thornycroft s revolutionary Trimaran Warship RV Triton being constructed at the company s Southampton shipyard in hampshire england uk great Britain Production of the 98 metre vessel will take 16 months and is due to be launched in May next year before 18 months of sea trials start to determine the designs suitability as a successor to the Royal Navy s Type 22 and Type 23 Frigates The first of the three mega block 250 tonne steel hull units has just been topped out
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