Britain's Royal Navy warships are breaking down because sea is too hot

[mystery-ak]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/09/europe/britain-royal-navy-warships/index.html

Britain's Royal Navy warships are breaking down because sea is too hot

Bianca Britton, for CNN

Updated 7:44 AM ET, Fri June 10, 2016

 (CNN)Britain's £1bn ($1.4bn) warships are losing power in the Persian Gulf because they cannot cope with the warm waters, MPs have been told.

Six Type 45 destroyers have repeatedly experienced power outages because of the temperatures, leaving servicemen in complete darkness.

During the Defence Committee hearing on Tuesday, MPs questioned company executives about the warship failures.

"The equipment is having to operate in far more arduous conditions that were initially required," Rolls-Royce director Tomas Leahy said.

Managing director of BAE Systems Maritime, John Hudson, supported Leahy's comments, adding: "The operating profile at the time was that there would not be repeated or continuous operations in the Gulf."

Waters in the Persian Gulf can get as hot as 90 degrees F (32 degrees C).

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[Joe Wooten]

They made the condensers too small, as they used specifications for the North Atlantic, not tropical seas. There may not be enough room in the hull to put in a bigger condenser.

[ABX]

The Type 45's sound like another case of over-engineering harms practical usefulness. They were heralded as the top in advanced technology but they were engineered to such high specs, it can't handle the smallest variance.

(sounds like my car- supposedly one of the best engineered on the planet, but it doesn't like e85 gas)

[geronl]

They were moving away from a blue water navy for a while, even though they got a big carrier or two on the way I wonder if they will ever really use them

[mountaineer]

AlGore, come save us from warm sea water!

[Idaho_Cowboy]

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

[Fishrrman]

Britannia rules the waves -- so long as the water ain't too warm!