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Contract generating sets will be installed in two separate
Wärtsilä wins
machinery spaces.
The main diesel generating sets will form part
contract to
of the Integrated Electric Propulsion (IEP) system.
The selected prime movers of the generating sets
power CVF
are two 12-cylinder and two 16-cylinder Wärtsilä
38 engines for each ship, which will supply 40MW
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract worth of the total installed power of in excess of 100MW,
approximately €30 million for the manufacture the remainder coming from two gas turbine
and supply of the main diesel generating sets alternators. The diesels will be the largest diesel
and their auxiliary and support systems for the engines ever supplied to the Royal Navy.
Royal Navy’s Future Aircraft Carriers (CVF). The The first ship set of diesel generators will be
contract was awarded by Thales Naval Division delivered in 2009, with the equipment for the
on behalf of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, and the second ship following in 2011.
contract award was marked by a ceremony held The carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS
on HMS Victory in Portsmouth Naval Base on 30 Prince of Wales, will have a displacement of around
November 2007. 65,000tonnes and length of 284m, and will be the
In a statement, the company said the Wärtsilä largest and most powerful warships ever built in
engines were selected for their durability, the United Kingdom.
reliability, economy, long periods between The hulls will be built in modules by selected
maintenance, and full compliance with emissions naval shipbuilding yards around the UK with
regulations. For survivability, the main diesel final assembly at Rosyth. Each ship will have a
Wärtsilä is to supply main diesel generating sets and their auxiliary and support systems for the Royal Navy’s
Future Aircraft Carriers.
Warship Technology January 2008 35
WT Jan - p35+
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