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Monday, November 26, 2012

HMAS Choules out of action until April 2013

HMAS Choules (L100) (ex RFA Largs Bay) |Defence has revealed that HMAS Choules, bought from the British last year, will be out of action until April following a mechanical breakdown June 2012.

Following consultation with the transformer manufacturer, the Defence Materiel Organisation, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Lloyds Classification Society and the UK Ministry of Defence, the Chief of Navy has made the decision to replace the remaining four transformers on the Choules before the ship returns to sea.

As detailed in a previous ADM report, all remaining transformers have now also been inspected and similar signs of premature ageing have been identified.

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