The USA have always given us the ships

“Recent discussions on the purchase of second-hand AUKUS submarines (C8) reminded me of the cautionary tale of when the (renamed) HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Manoora were purchased by Australia in 1994,” remembers Natasha Lee of Alexandria. “Navy friends had dubbed the latter vessel ‘HMAS Manure’ as that is what they fel…

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