Re the AWD: what about the enlisted crew accommodation? I've heard reports that the Spanish 'fit' is a total ballsup. Bunks four high and only 1.8m long - limited to that length by structural bulkheads. Might do for the 95 percentile Spanish conscript sailor who might get to spend the occasional one night out of harbour. For the 95 percentile Australian volunteer sailor with our coastline and area of operational responsibility? And bunks four high for three month deployments? Don't think so. Next they'll be putting them in hammocks.
I've heard reports, unconfirmed, that they're moving bulkheads to make the bunks longer.
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DMO strikes again.