THE Royal Navy’s newest warships have suffered 5,000 faults in less than five years, the MoD revealed yesterday.
The £6billion fleet of six Type 45 destroyers has also clocked up a maintenance and repair bill of £51million.
Last month the MoD revealed that the Daring class destroyers are to be given new engines because they keep breaking down.
Installing the replacements over the next few years will require huge holes to be cut in the ships’ sides.
The MoD data shows HMS Daring recorded 967 operational defects between 2011 and 2015.
From 2012 to 2015, HMS Dauntless sustained 895 defects, HMS Dragon 887, HMS Defender 844 and HMS Diamond 818.
HMS Duncan recorded 590 defects from 2013 to 2015, bringing the overall total for the six ships to 5,001.
Among the problems suffered by the destroyers was HMS Daring losing power in the Atlantic in 2009 on her first voyage to the US and HMS Dauntless having to abandon a training exercise in 2014.
For more detail Royal Navy’s state-of-the-art warships have suffered 5,000 faults in less than five years
Last month the MoD revealed that the Daring class destroyers are to be given new engines because they keep breaking down.
Installing the replacements over the next few years will require huge holes to be cut in the ships’ sides.
HMS Duncan recorded 590 defects from 2013 to 2015, bringing the overall total for the six ships to 5,001.
Among the problems suffered by the destroyers was HMS Daring losing power in the Atlantic in 2009 on her first voyage to the US and HMS Dauntless having to abandon a training exercise in 2014.
For more detail Royal Navy’s state-of-the-art warships have suffered 5,000 faults in less than five years
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