Early/mid 70's, Ark was often incurring equipment problems. Ships diver were quite adept at 'concrete fix' for leaking/rusty intakes/outlets underwater, trick was to insert a bucket into the hole to block it off, then pump out the compartment and concrete around the lot, then remove bucket
We ran out of feed water (or what we had was contaminated) off Gib in 1974 or 75, and we had to some from Blake to get into Gib to fix the problem.
Eagle was a far better ship, and had better accommodation and workshop refits done, but the funds ran out to modify her to operate F4K's, so she was scrapped early, and Ark soldiered on costing more in repairs than the Eagle refit would have run up in the first place
