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Next recruit campaign is from 1 Mar to 31 Mar.

Absolutely none... any of the choices made at dock yard level that proved to be erronous were rectified within the first few years.....Some of the...

We're not the first that have ended up in such a situation though.

Yep. the teenagers coming through now have all being given a medal for taken part in a sports day, even the losers, No one now knows that you have to...

I doubt it - the price from any other yard would have been similar, and the tender and contract process would have involved more cost. You'd also...

My work clothes are also contaminated in hydrocarbons. The smell from these hydrocarbons can be quite strong, in particular if the recipient of the...

We extended the payment period of the P60 class in other to save money ..... it cost us more in the longer run

P64 was less than her sisters. Appledore needed the build to keep the shipyard open.

We didn’t get any discount for P61 onwards. Would we have been better shopping elsewhere. Surely what with brexit, purchasing from the uk will be...

The only way to prevent condensation in fuel tanks is to keep them full and away from ambient heat. Given fuel vaporises in most temps above 15...

as you point out the JP5 fuel is inherently prone to condensation. The on board procedure was to put the fuel through a daily cycle to remove...

Sorry for the dislike, fat fingers syndrome. Cheers.

Don't think it was as bad as that, but I understood due to the Aviation fuel tank location, it was prone to condensation, and consequently, the...

Wasn't there a problem with the fresh water and fuel systems polluting each other? (Or something like that..?)

Just as a matter of information I would like to know what problems hampered P31 over its lifetime other than Service choices.

Buying a one-off design will mean a large percentage of the budget will get taken up with engineering and project managements costs. Taking the...

Makes sense, which gets you back to what's within the price range that was talked about.

It has been stated that it will be an "off the shelf" hull and superstructure with minimal NS requirement changes. This is to keep the cost down...

It still seems to put the fear of God in serving soldiers. "Colly" doesn't appear to be taken lightly.....as for today's youngsters, I was talking...