– £1bn Royal Navy destroyer aborts Gulf mission after breakdown:
The HMS Diamond Type 45 destroyer, which was on a 9-month mission to protect trade routes in the region, was forced to head home after just two months. “We can confirm HMS Diamond has experienced technical issues but we do not discuss the detailed material state of our operational ships and are unable to comment further,” a Navy spokesman said.
Reports in the British media, however, claimed the vessel experienced problems with a propeller which sailors failed to repair at sea. The ship will join the Royal Navy’s five other destroyers, all built by BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce, which remain stuck in Portsmouth because of maintenance issues, a shortage of sailors and engine problems.
This leaves UK incapable of fulfilling its commitment to NATO allies in the Gulf as there’s currently no replacement for the HMS Diamond. “There is no question that this is a blow,” a military source told The Times.
The Royal Navy destroyers keep breaking down in the Gulf as their engines struggle to perform in warm water. Rolls-Royce told the Defense Select Committee that conditions in the Middle East are not in line with the specifications according to which the engines were built.
In 2016, the Ministry of Defense confirmed that six Type 45 destroyers had jointly spent a combined 1,515 days in UK ports during the previous year, with four ships lying idle for more than 300 days.
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Britain's flagging naval power is a sign that #WW3 is fast approaching, Alois Irlmaier warned.https://t.co/RFyPOG3xjs
— Alois Irlmaier (@AloisIrlmaier) February 10, 2017
"When England loses power, it is a sure sign that the great misfortune is approaching." — Alois Irlmaier #WW3 #RoyalNavy https://t.co/ph4zayOJ2a
— Alois Irlmaier (@AloisIrlmaier) September 16, 2017
Destruction of Royal Navy deliberate & now wait for the solution “oh we must have EU military unification” #Brexit a lie & always was RT pse pic.twitter.com/sIVo0PrGwl
— Brian Gerrish (@briangukc) September 15, 2017
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"England will be punished. I saw ships sinking, on which was written England." — Marie Martel, 1897
"After the English shall be defeated in this [naval] battle [of #WW3], they shall be harassed from every quarter." — Saint Columba
Without a navy Britain will be defenceless. https://t.co/z98aDrHUeg
— Alois Irlmaier (@AloisIrlmaier) November 25, 2017
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