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| Well that didn't go to plan, did it! Humiliation as British £3bn aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales comes back to port... days after breaking down off the Isle of Wight |
| 2022-09-04 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #21 No offense, Matt! ;-) |
| Posted by: Whump Spealing3435 2022-09-04 20:53 |
| #20 |
| Posted by: Whump Spealing3435 2022-09-04 20:49 |
| #19 Maybe its a tranny issue and they are back in port to make diversity quota. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-09-04 20:16 |
| #18 She left port on only one screw as I recall, wake image confirmed it was the port side (left for the USAF guys), and no escort vessels offshore, suggesting to me that they knew she was busted but needed to make the photo-op departure and hoped to fix her a bit away from the press. Her return to port suggests worry about propeller damage, suggesting dive shaft misalignment/bearings issue? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-09-04 17:03 |
| #17 Thanks DarthVader, so diesel and kerosene as fuels then? |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-09-04 16:16 |
| #16 At least the French didnt tow them back. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2022-09-04 14:55 |
| #15 Again I ask, what power the Prince of Wales"? 2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Trent MT30 36 MW (48,000 hp) gas turbine engine 4 × Wärtsilä 16V38 marine diesel engines 11.6 MW (15,600 hp) Total: 118.4 MW (158,800 hp) Range 12,000 miles. (When it works) |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-09-04 14:53 |
| #14 Fuel! Stupid fingers. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-09-04 14:44 |
| #13 Again I ask, what power the Prince of Wales"? Oil? Steam? LPG? JET DUEL? Coal? Solar power? Magic? Can anyone give us a straight answer? |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-09-04 14:42 |
| #12 Ref #9 above: Zumwalts' as land bombardment ships? With 2 popgun turrets and about 150 missile tubes that need shore reloads after firing? Seriously? Sounds like a staff study cover story for a major mistake. We had a pretty good idea for that mission back in 1944: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska-class_cruiser |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-09-04 12:52 |
| #11 Zum was supposed to be a land bombardment ship. Who the f*ck made that decision? They are being refitted to handle hypersonics now. As always, lessons are being learned. But at a stupidly high price. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-04 10:42 |
| #10 USN Ret, don't forget the entire class of the Little Crappy Ships. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2022-09-04 10:00 |
| #9 Don’t chortle too loudly; our very own USS Zumwalt is such a disaster that the originally plan of 33 (I believe) ships was cut to 3(those already under construction) because they were either too expensive, systems didn’t work as planned, or both of they above. In addition, many of the newer ships that were fitted with manpower-reducing automated systems (damage control and the like) are being refitted with additional berthing, as HAL ins’t working as planned. I was curious as to how a Dell laptop could carry and install a DC plug 5 decks down. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2022-09-04 09:44 |
| #8 Union labor has been trash for a long time now. It's reaching chinese levels of sub-mediocrity. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-04 07:56 |
| #7 My thought was that there was metal in the reduction gear … embarrassing and expensive to fix |
| Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 2022-09-04 07:32 |
#6 HMS Prince of Wales uses "silent power system", the best 2021 had to offer the engineers: |
| Posted by: Flusosh Ebbaiper7559 2022-09-04 07:04 |
| #5 In the old days, (before it became Rice & Track) Road & Track writers referred to Lucas as "Prince of Darkness" electrics. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-04 06:58 |
| #4 What power the carrier? I did a quick search and nothing came up except that the carrier has a 0,000 nautical miles range, which indicate that it's not nuclear powered? |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-09-04 06:54 |
| #3 The A/C's not working, the electrical system is all balled up, must have Lucas installed on it. (wink) British Engineering... (Nothing new, it's a British Tradition) Are Lucas electricals as bad as everyone says? |
| Posted by: Flealing Black9865 2022-09-04 06:02 |
| #2 Maybe they shoulda named it HMS Andrew. Eh? 😜 |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-09-04 05:50 |
| #1 Well that sucks. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-09-04 00:02 |