The Queen Elizabeth carrier continued to break the fire tube as soon as he left the port of the test in March, making the sea water flow into the hull.
British media on April 14 stated that the incident occurred when the HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier left Portsmouth to Scotland last month, causing thousands of liters of sea water to enter the cavity.
British naval spokesman on March 15 confirmed a "small water pipe breaker" that happened on the ship in March. "It was repaired quickly, did not affect the operation of the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
This is not the first time the biggest and expensive battleship of the Navy British trouble with the water system.
In 2019, about 200 tons of seawater had flooded the train due to a broken high pipeline, causing many submerged compartments and three sailors almost drowned.
HMS Queen Elizabeth ran on the sea in March. Photo: Royal Navy.
The British Navy last year had to spend $ 7.6 million to repair the fire system, but did not seem to overcome the problem.
The anonymous source in the British Navy said the crew was bored with the broke of water pipes and damaged equipment, in the context of this supermarkets prepared to go to the road around the world first
"The sea trip in May was a great event with Navy and England. The crew had too many things to worry, besides continuous water pipe breaks," this person said.
HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier in March to the sea to try, mark the first time the British navy fleet left the port of Portsmouth since October 2020, the time the carrier was worth nearly 4.2 billion USD to complete the
The site will be the largest presence of the British Navy in a period in the past 25 years.
HMS Queen Elizabeth will be the center of the British aircraft carrier team, escorted by two non-type 45 defense destroyers, two households of type 23 guards, an attacking nuclear submarine, a tanker and ship
This is the largest warship in the British Navy history, named after Queen of Elizabeth II.
It can be added to 12 Chinook or Merlin helicopters and 8 helicopters attack AH-64 Apache.