The first of 3 Nightingale class hospital ships, A181 Florence Nightingale, has entered service. This is the latest SUP based ship, though still uses SUP-A. The second ship next year will use SUP-B. The ship can take up to 1000 casualties and includes isolation wards, operating theatres and medical laboratories. In peacetime the ship will be used for UNP sponsored humanitarian services including acting as a clinic to far flung UNP colonies. The UNP are thought to have paid 50% of the ship's costs.
A150 Refinery has also entered service, the latest Extender class oiler/transport. Again this is a SUP-A ship, A152 will be the first SUP-B model.
P113 Nicias has become the 6th (and final) conversion to Pentekonter-M (and thus renumbered M113). It includes the latest version of SPECNES which will be retrofitted to the other 5 minesweepers later on.
