Royal Navy's most advanced destroyers break down in the Gulf because the water is too WARM

DAILYMAIL.COM ^ | 7 June 2016 | TIM SCULTHORPE

[sukhoi-30mki]

[AppyPappy]

No wonder they are out of money, They are paying too many dumbasses.

[tophat9000]

it sounds like someone’s going to be in hot water over this

[E. Pluribus Unum]

We’re going to need a bigger radiator.

[DIRTYSECRET]

So is the beer.

[fudimo]

Well if it wasn’t for global warming things would be different, but mostly the same.//

[Covenantor]

Specs based on last campaign, which was...in the cold waters of the South Atlantic off the Falkland Islands.

And duty stations in the North Atlantic.

head shaking....

[freedumb2003]

>>Britain’s £1billion a piece Type-45 Destroyer ships break down in warm water <<

I hope they don’t make planes.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Send them some four stack destroyers.

[Larry Lucido]

Maybe retrofit them with sails.

[TheBigB]

Former First Sea Lord Lord West

That would look awesome on a business card...

[Tupelo]

Beautiful ship.
It looks like the British Shipyard have gone the route the British Automobile manufacturers went in the 60s, 70s & 80s.
Beauty over function.

comments section is even more interesting. Interchangeable with the ones we see here.

[ameribbean expat]

So much for that “rule the waves” thing. Sad.

[WENDLE]

Always seek to build ship engines that will run in the usual predictable and historically slightly cooler temperatures of the Gulf of Mexico,i.e 85 degrees. And obtain warranty for parts and service.

[moovova]

“it sounds like someone’s going to be in hot water over this”

Wouldn’t you be steamed?

[Billthedrill]

Oh, man. I told them not to use Lucas Electric...

[apocalypto]

lol

[Trod Upon]

So nobody did the math for warmer climes? Oh my.

[Eddie01]

This has prince Charles written all over it.

Was a man. Was not a man. Kids are men.

[Charles Martel]

With the Royal Navy tradition of using Gibraltar as a port of call (I think there’s still a token RN squadron based there), you’d think that warmer waters would’ve been factored into the specs.