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Old 3rd Oct 2017, 20:30
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Hangarshuffle
 
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Swans were right to put that bid in at the price quoted. In refits in Devonport 2001 and again in Portsmouth in 2002 the Navy spent strong money rectifying some of the skipiness of the original build by VSEL and Kavs on the low bid. Particularly remember the pretty dank conditions of the ASRM mess, so dank it caused problems with TB for inhabitants as I recall. (Low quality piping/air con).
You only get what you pay for.
(Right in the sense that they were fairly honourable people trying to build a ship at a fair and correct price for everyone to be happy about).
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