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One of the reasons the RCN's midlife refit on the Bonnie went from roughly 4 million dollars to 17 million was they really opened her up.And found an incredible amount of corrosion. Apparently the shipyards concept of corrosion management consisted of either a coat of paint over it or walling it up and hoping the Customer never noticed it.During the fifties and sixties the phrase fine British craftsmanship in shipbuilding became an oxymoron it seems.
One of the reasons the RCN's midlife refit on the Bonnie went from roughly 4 million dollars to 17 million was they really opened her up.
And found an incredible amount of corrosion. Apparently the shipyards concept of corrosion management consisted of either a coat of paint over it or walling it up and hoping the Customer never noticed it.
During the fifties and sixties the phrase fine British craftsmanship in shipbuilding became an oxymoron it seems.
