High Temperatures in Gulf Cause British Warships to Break Down
High Temperatures in Gulf Cause British Warships to Break Down | Military.com
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However, a representative of Rolls-Royce, which supplied engines for the ships, said they were never designed for such extreme temperatures.
"Are the conditions experienced in the Gulf in line with that specification?" asked the company's Naval Marine, EMEA Programs director Tomas Leahy.
"No, they are not. The equipment is having to operate in far more arduous conditions than were initially required by that specification."
Meanwhile, BAE Systems which built the destroyers said they were never meant for "repeated and continuous" missions in the Gulf.
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