HMS Edinburgh has entered the dry dock in Portsmouth for a major overhaul under a £17.5 million contract with BAE Systems. As the last of the Type 42 destroyers to undergo an upkeep period, the move marks the end of a successful maintenance schedule for the Class that began in 1979.During the extensive refit, her hull will be coated with a super-efficient Sigma 990 paint to make it glide through the water more easily and an underwater spoiler known as a transom flap will be fitted to the stern, which together will cut fuel consumption by up to 15%. Weapons and communications systems will also be revamped and preparations are underway to remove all four of the ship’s engines, with two to be restored and the other two to be replaced.
The 30 year old vessel will be returned to the fleet in October 2010 as a greener, more efficient ship and will sail on until 2013.
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