13.11.09

Fleet news (13/11/09)

F163 Sea Of Fertility is the latest SOT 43D frigate to join the fleet. It's completion means the Isometric jig will now be used for full scale Isometric ILU work until the upgrade programme is complete. The final three SOT will not be built until after the completion of the ILU which can now be carried out on 3 ships at a time.

As for the ILU F116 Cryptozoic has completed it's update and is the first Pave Yellow Isometric to be upgraded. As part of it's upgrade it has been fitted with Pave Yellow 1.1 which has support for the DMS minesweeping system. F108 Eocene has begun it's ILU. Another ship will join it when modifications to the jig have been completed. F107 Palaeocene is already in ILU.

D112 Tiger is the latest Panther 35A to be completed but is one of the ships bought by Starbot. Following testing it will join the Starbotian fleet.