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Monday, May 30, 2011

'More than 2400 faults' in data on $8bn destroyers

F-100 ClassThe Gillard government has been told more than 2400 faults have been discovered in the data used to build the hulls of the navy's $8 billion air-warfare destroyers.

These are said to include wrong dimensions for the hull shapes, inconsistent assembly instructions, missing measurements and faulty welding guides, which have flummoxed naval shipmakers at Melbourne's Williamstown shipyards.

The problems are so serious the shipyard owner and AWD subcontractor, BAE Systems, plans to set up a team of more than a dozen experts to identify alleged faults in the design and construction data that was sent to BAE by the official shipbuilder for the AWD project, the Adelaide-based Australian Submarine Corporation.

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