HMAS Choules out of action until April 2013

摘要

Defence has revealed that HMAS Choules, bought from the British last year, will be out of action until April following a mechanical breakdown June 2012. Following consultation with the transformer manufacturer, the Defence Materiel Organisation, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Lloyds Classification Society and the UK Ministry of Defence, the Chief of Navy has made the decision to replace the remaining four transformers on the Choules before the ship returns to sea.