The newest aircraft carrier, the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth was at the end of this week to return to the home port for scheduled maintenance, but with the sea expanses had to retire urgently.
As it turned out, while finding the newest ship of the British Navy in the sea, the internal volume of the carrier again discovered water, after which it was decided to return to its home port.
The problem seems to be relatively small, although it is unlikely to stop people, making an elephant out of a fly
– He writes the British edition of UK Defence Journal, explaining, that the return of the ship is the only “precaution”.
The representative of the naval forces of the country on this issue explained:
After a minor problem, occurred with the internal system, the crew was required to pump a small amount of water from the ship. The investigation is underway on the case. At HMS Queen Elizabeth had a small problem, bound with water in the internal system. In any case there was no damage or holes in the casing
For our part, we note, that the carrier, cost the British treasury three billion pounds, already leaking in December 2017 of the year (I had to be pumped 200 liters per hour), two weeks after its decision on arms. Then it was explained by the breakdown in the operation of the pump, built-in shaft, It is leading to infiltration of water.
