The Royal Australian Navy has conceded there might be design faults with its two largest ships…

The Royal Australian Navy has conceded there might be design faults with its two largest ships which have been docked in Sydney since March undergoing urgent repair work.

Key points:

HMAS Adelaide is placed into dry dock at the Garden Island naval base
Ship to miss Exercise Talisman Sabre, HMAS Canberra also in doubt
Ship manufacturers were immediately contacted once problems were identified
Engineers are still trying to identify what is causing problems with the "azimuth" propulsion system on board the $1.5 billion Landing Helicopter Docks (LHDs) HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide.

Navy can't rule out design faults as cause of warship woes