Commander Harrap, a 20-year navy veteran, said Australia's submarines had 'the least reliable diesel engines ever built'. Picture: Mike Burton Source: Adelaide Now
Obsolete Collins Fleet 'A Lost Cause' -- The Australian
A SUBMARINE commander has quit the navy, describing the Collins-class fleet as obsolete and unsustainable and saying the boats are kept running only by the "sheer determination of the crews at sea".
In comments that will rattle the Defence hierarchy, Commander James Harrap, a 20-year navy veteran, said Australia's submarines had "the least reliable diesel engines ever built", and attempts to upgrade the boats would be a waste of money because their performance would only get worse.
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