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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Aus: Armidale Class Patrol Boats return to operations

Armidale Class Patrol BoatThe Navy’s fleet of Armidale Class Patrol Boats will progressively return to operations with the first boat likely to resume operations this weekend. A thorough technical investigation has been conducted that has now identified the cause of the fuel atomisation problem.

Water contamination was discovered in three of the seven ACPB fuel systems currently in service, which led to failure of the fuel pumps.

The four ships unaffected by water contamination will be released back to normal operations over the next three days once system checks have been completed.

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