Frigate Boats and Cranes
Join the SNAME Canadian Atlantic Section on Oct 18th at The Maritime Musuem of the Atlantic in Halifax for an event about the RCN ( Royal Canadian Navy) challenges faced while dealing with obsolescence while increasing the boat capability of its Halifax Class Frigates.
Dylan Wells, General Manager at Hawbold Industries
Olivia Smith, Naval Architect at Fleetway Inc.
Kevin McTaggart, Defence Scientist at Defence Research and Development (DRDC)
The RCN needed to deal with obsolescence while increasing its boat capability on the Halifax Class Frigates. One davit and two small deck cranes were replaced with two larger knuckle cranes, and large RHIBs are now housed on both sides of the ship. These changes had to be carefully planned so as not to compromise the function of the boat deck and topside. Such considerations included RAS, ship's ladders and antennae. Structural strength had to be engineered and power had to be supplied. The presentation will show how these effects were dealt with, while positioning the crane to allow clearances for effective and safe Launch & Recovery.
Speakers Biography
Dylan Wells joined Hawboldt as an applications engineer in 2010. In 2017 he joined the Hawboldt Management team as the General Sales Manager, and in 2020 took the role of General Manager. For the past 10 years, Dylan has built an extensive technical foundation in marine equipment, working as a design engineer, and Product Manager for Launch and Recovery Systems. developing solutions that minimize risk.
Olivia Smith is a Naval Architect EIT who grew up in St. John's, NL, and graduated from Memorial University's Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering program in 2021. After completing her final work term with Fleetway, she returned upon graduation and immediately began her work on the cranes task. With guidance and support from her team, Olivia worked on both the design and production phases of the project, and further worked to develop a production work package to assist the shipyards with installation. Olivia has since begun managing the on-site support for the installation of these projects.
Kevin McTaggart is a defence scientist at Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) in Dartmouth. He completed a doctorate in Civil Engineering specializing in offshore hydrodynamics at UBC. His areas of research include ship motions in waves, ship maneuvering, and application of distributed simulation to multi-body naval systems.
Dr. McTaggart's current work at DRDC includes research activity and support to the Royal Canadian Navy current and future fleets. He chairs an international project with five navies on the simulation of ship replenishment at sea. He also chairs the NATO Seaway Mobility Specialist Team, which develops seakeeping and maneuvering standards for naval ships. Dr. McTaggart was elected as a SNAME Fellow in 2015.
Date
Wednesday, 18th October, 2023
Agenda
*ADT (Atlantic Daylight Time zone)
06:30pm - 06:45pm Introduction, Section Business
06:45pm - 07:45pm Technical Presentation
07:45pm - 9:00pm Networking
Registration
*This event is hybrid ( in-person & virtual)
*Free for members and non-members. Non-members are required to create an account just with their names & email addresses to RSVP.
Note:
goto-meeting link for attending the event virtually, will be sent to registrants a week before the event.
RSVP by October 16th using the above links.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1675 Lower Water St, Halifax, NS B3J 1S3