The warships have been forced to remain docked at Garden Island for more than a month.
Defence force officials have confessed they are in the dark about how long two of Australia’s biggest warships will be out of action as engineers work to fix the formerly pristine engines.
The Spanish-designed 27,000 tonne ships may have oil-related issues
Navy sources informed The Daily Telegraph of ‘alarming concerns’ that were disclosed about the upkeep of the HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide.
Expert help has been bought in from Spain to attempt to find out what happened to the ships.
Despite being built to aid the country’s natural disasters as major responders when Cyclone Debbie hit both were not able to leave the Sydney Harbour.
It is understood Navantia are not happy the engines were put in by engineers from Siemens before the maintenance was left in the hands of engineers from BAE.
Source: Wrong oil put in two new $1.5 billion warships stranded | Daily Mail Online
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