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Longhope Lifeboat At Wick
Maersk Fletcher
17 March 2004 |
2 June 05
RV Triton At Scrabster
Yesterday - The World's Largest Trimaran
 The
Triton was in Scrabster yesterday for a few
hours. The Triton Trimaran Research
Ship is a technology demonstrator ship for
the Royal Navy's Future Surface Combatant (FSC)
frigate requirement, due to enter service
from 2013 and replace the Type 23 frigates.
Triton is the world's largest motor powered
trimaran (triple-hulled) vessel, with a
length of 90m and beam of 22m. Triton is
owned by QinetiQ (formerly DERA, the Defence
Evaluation and Research Agency). More
Information at
Naval Technology
More photos at
Scrabster Weather Station |
