Reading through the RFI things to note;
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Maximum speed of not less than 16 knots.
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Designed and built as Polar Class 5 to IACS Unified Rules for polar ships
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Icebreaking performance equivalent to breaking 1.0m of medium first year sea ice3 with 0.3m of snow cover at a forward speed of 3 knots continuously, and similarly when operating astern but at a reduced speed.
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Able to carry up to 6 standard Shipping containers.
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Crane to load/unload cargo including container modules
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Helo pad and hanger military helicopter envelopes and weights up to and including NH-90 and MH-60R. Include refuel and maintenance.
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Hangar stowage and maintenance envelope capacity to simultaneously embark a Remotely Piloted Aerial System (RPAS) (Indicative RPAS size up to Boeing Integrator RQ-21.)
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Ability to launch and recover a small 12m landing Craft.
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Ability to receive liquids using NATO probe one side or both at sea underway in conditions up to and including Sea State 5. Ability to RAS refuel at sea.
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Unrefuelled range of 12000 nautical miles at an average transit speed of 14 knots
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Minimum endurance of 50 days’ supply of stores and provisions for total complement (100)
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Armament 99% it will be 25mm typhoon and a couple of HMG
