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The Navy took delivery of the first Orca in December, 2023. [ 5 ] The basic Orca design shares a 51 feet (16 m) length with Echo Voyager , but the Orca will incorporate a more modular construction, primarily for the capability to be built with an additional payload module of up to 34 feet (10 m) long and a capacity of 8 tonnes (8,000 kg) for a ...
The names of the new submarines where also announced by van der Maat. The class will be known as the Orka class, with the subs named Orka (Orca), Zwaardvis (Swordfish), Barracuda (Barracuda) and Tijgerhaai (Tiger shark). The first two will be delivered within ten years after the contract has been signed. [20] [21] [22]
On 8 November 2004 the Department of National Defence (DND) announced a $69.7 million contract for six new ships, with an option for two more for a total budget of $90.7 million. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Based on the Australian Tenix Defence –designed Pacific-class Seahorse Mercator , the Canadian-built Orca class shares the same hull design as the ...
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It was an orca-versus-dolphin matchup, and the dolphin didn’t stand a chance. In coastal waters near Chile in 2023, a massive female killer whale walloped the much smaller dolphin, sending it ...
An orca who captured the world’s attention in 2018 after she carried her dead newborn calf for weeks appears to be a new mother again, bringing a sign of hope to researchers.
In the late 1930's the Navy began the construction of 22 large tenders and repair ships to a new basic design: all were nearly identical in hull form, power plant, and superstructure (but the seaplane tenders had a large hangar that the others lacked): 5 destroyer tenders (AD)s of the Dixie-class; 4 repair ships (AR)s of the Vulcan-class
An orca who made headlines for mourning her dead calf in a unique two-week “tour of grief” is responding to her latest deceased newborn in the same way, a heart-wrenching photo shows ...