![]() ![]() ![]() That leaves the ships without propulsion or weapons systems. The ships are vulnerable to “total electric failures”, according to one naval officer in an email. The Type 45 has an integrated electric propulsion system that powers everything on board. The navy wanted 12 ships but ended up with six. The first warning signs emerged in 2009 when the Commons defence committee warned that “persistent overoptimism and underestimation of the technical challenges combined with inappropriate commercial arrangements” would lead to rising costs. ![]() The ship, built by BAE Systems, needed repairing again in Bahrain in 2012 after another engine failure. The problem with the engines, which the Ministry of Defence initially dismissed as “teething problems”, first became clear when HMS Daring lost power in the mid-Atlantic in 2010 and had to be repaired in Canada. Rolls-Royce executives said engines installed in the Type 45 destroyers had been built as specified – but that the conditions in the Middle East were not “in line with these specs”.Įarlier a Whitehall source told Scotland’s Daily Record: “We can’t have warships that cannot operate if the water is warmer than it is in Portsmouth harbour.” ![]()
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