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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Daring's engines fail

HMS DaringHMS Daring has been forced to go into dock with engine problems.

The ship's engines shut down, leaving her temporarily adrift and forcing her to go to Canada for urgent repairs.

The Royal Navy's £1bn Type 45 destroyer, which only entered service in July, saw its engines lose power at about midday yesterday out in the Atlantic after leaving New York City.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous28/11/10 15:03

    Just as well she was not near to HMS Astute

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