State of the art Navy ships break down in the Gulf because it's too hot
The destroyers contractors said they were not told the ships would spend time in warm water (Picture: EPA)
Some of these state-of-the-art navy vessels seem to resemble space ships more than boats.
 And yet, £1billion cutting-edge warships broke down in the Persian Gulf because they couldn’t cope with the heat.
The 8,000-tonne, Type 45 Destroyer’s contractors said the Ministry of Defence did not tell them the ships would be spending a significant length of time in warm water.
Consequently, the engines of six of the ships cut out repeatedly in the middle of the sea, which left those on board stranged in total darkness for several hours.
Navy ship breaks down because it's too hot in the Gulf
MPs said the fault was ‘stunning’ (Picture: EPA)
MPs said yesterday that the fault was ‘stunning’ and put British troops at risk.
Two former heads of the Navy said the service had run out of money. The cost of fixing the Destroyers had delayed another warship programme, they said.

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 Tomas Leahy of Rolls-Royce, which made the engine, told the defence select committee that the company had responded to a specific set of specifications.
‘Are the conditions experienced in the Gulf in line with that specification? No, they’re not,’ he said.
‘So the equipment is having to operate in far more arduous conditions than were initially required.’