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Old 31st Jul 2016, 10:36
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Melchett01
 
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HMS Dauntless

Hasn't Dauntless been reduced to harbour training ship status or something along those lines? If I recall it was around Easter time and due to manning as well technical issues.

Edited: having just checked, Philip Dunne, former Min DP, seemed to suggest this harbour training status appears to be a permanent fixture for ships about to go into re-fit, which means Dauntless will be non-operational for a while yet before the same happens to another vessel.

//https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-dauntless-temporarily-reduced-harbour-training-ship/

Only a politician could spin spending in excess of £1Bn on a warship and then parking it alongside as a training aid as a good thing! I know the rules of the game are to fight for your own service, but frankly what's been done to the RN is shocking from an operational perspective.
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