Talk:Type 22 frigate

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These characterisitics are too complex and messy to be displayed as bullet points, they really need to be tabulated, is there an agreed standard table for this before I go to the effort of doing it? Emoscopes 06:09, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Get the table layout from HMS Indefatigable (1909), its the defacto standard for RN ships in my experiences (ie I use it). There are sophisticated templates out there but they are a lot more effort and templating isn't kind on the wiki servers. GraemeLeggett 10:33, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I drew up a template anyway Template:Royal_Navy_(escort), but if it isnt good to use it as a template, it might be nice to have an agreed standard table layout and terminologies. I personally get a bit irked when I find "americanisms" like FFG or ASW creeping in to Royal Navy terminology, and it would be good to know what units to use (imperial over metric?) etc. Emoscopes 08:24, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Smart looking template though. Templates are good for nav boxes if they are open to expansion eg the British missile one. If you do find those americanisms wikilink them so at least the non-American can pick up on the meaning. I also favour the rule for technical writing - before using a abbreviation spell it out at least once. eg "Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)". There is a lot of argument over the Imperial/Metric issue, but arguing over precendence of two numbers is largely pointless compared to getting some content down in the article. What I do is if I have only one set of numbers I put them in. If I have both I put the second in brackets afterwards. If I do the conversion from imperial to metric I don't get carried away with accuracy (whats 6 inches or 15 cm when its not specified if the length is at the waterline or the tip of the prow).GraemeLeggett 10:23, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Is the Type 22 seen as some sort of command ship in the royal navy eg does it have better command and control ability than the type 42 destroyers and the type 23 frigates.Corustar 15:12, 12 June 2006 (UTC) Displacements wrong for type 22 batch 3 its 5300 tonnes it says so on the royal navy website.Corustar 21:31, 21 June 2006 (UTC)