AFTER a four-year-long refit at Devonport Dockyard, HMS St Albans is preparing to return to sea.
After nearly 20 years of constant service in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Gulf, HMS St Albans, otherwise known as The Saint, arrived in Plymouth in 2019 to begin preparations for the refit, known as a midlife upgrade, led by defence firm Babcock.
The scale of the work needed, as well as the technical complexity of the ship and the multitude of interconnected systems involved, has required around 1.2 million working hours by sailors, civilian engineers and shipwrights, software specialists and many more.
Some 350 structural enhancements to strengthen St Albans and allow her to carry new equipment have been carried out, demanding more than four kilometres of welding.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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