HMS Dauntless, a Type 45 destroyer, has been sitting in Portsmouth harbour since 2016 – when she spent a total of six days at sea
Daily Mail: HMS Hopeless: £1bn Royal Navy warship has spent FOUR YEARS stuck in port because of engine problems and a shortage of sailors
* HMS Dauntless spent 4 years in port due to engine problem and sailor shortage
* Warship cost £1billion and has been sitting in Portsmouth harbour since 2016
* Six Type 45 destroyers were at sea for a combined total of 649 days last year
One of the Royal Navy’s £1billion warships has spent four years stuck in port because of engine problems and a shortage of sailors, it emerged yesterday.
HMS Dauntless, a Type 45 destroyer, has been sitting in Portsmouth harbour since 2016 – when she spent a total of six days at sea.
The 8,000-ton ship, which has been used as a training vessel, will now undergo a major engine refit and will not be deployed for another year.
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