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AllanRoy
PostPosted: 08 Jun 2016, 08:13 

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3629306/Royal-Navy-s-advanced-destroyers-break-Gulf-water-WARM-bungling-defence-chiefs-admit.html
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Rosh
PostPosted: 14 Jun 2016, 11:11 
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This is interesting...

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Roger the Dodger
PostPosted: 14 Jun 2016, 13:22 

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Engine cooling system doesn't have sufficient capacity, it seem the Admiralty drew up specifications for only the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
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100ponder
PostPosted: 14 Jun 2016, 22:48 

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1st-world shortsightedness ? ? :o
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Mistral
PostPosted: 17 Jun 2016, 08:33 

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No, I doubt the spec was wrong. Just a monumental design cock-up. It happens......
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