The wait is over! ?? In this exciting Episode 4 of our Ex-Minehunter to Superyacht series, we're giving you the first-ever tour inside these incredible ex-Australian Navy Minehunters.
Would not matter how much they paid for these vessels they would be excellent value. Taxpayers money at work. Everything will be overkill and a good example of how contractors make massive profits from our money. Even the small vessels like the dive boats are massively overdone. They should have longer service lives than 25 years but we have to keep churning out new ones and usually giving the slightly used ones away!
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Would not matter how much they paid for these vessels they would be excellent value. Taxpayers money at work. Everything will be overkill and a good example of how contractors make massive profits from our money. Even the small vessels like the dive boats are massively overdone. They should have longer service lives than 25 years but we have to keep churning out new ones and usually giving the slightly used ones away!
Well said he has now had these towed up to the Phillipines
You may think again after travelling a few miles in a heavy sea in a mine hunter. They are overbuilt for explosion tolerance, not related to sea keeping ability. Hull shape is designed for low speed manoeuvres in all directions under thrusters in a minefield, they are not a friendly sea boat.
I was not talking about purchase price, running costs are high.
I have been to sea on the old Ton class minesweepers in 1969. They were not the most pleasant boat to be on either. They are still operating though in their new careers.
For what it's worth there is another former minesweeper, a cat, anchored in woolooware bay, been there lifeless as for years now.
