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Corrosion Consequences on The High Seas by The Australasian Corrosion Association Preston, Australia
aca@corrosion.com.au
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hen pursuing suspected smugglers through the waters o northern
coastal environments ranging from hot, humid tropical to windy, freezing
Australia or rushing humanitarian aid to a cyclone-ravaged Paciȴc
sub-Antarctic. According to international standards, most of these are
island, the last thing the Commanding Oɝcer of a naval ship needs to
classiȴed as having very high to extreme corrosion severity containing
worry about is whether the hull will leak, or a critical system will fail, due to
high levels of salt laden aerosols.
corrosion.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has all its water borne assets and most
Australia’s maritime industry operates in a wide variety of open water and
support infrastructure exposed to these environments. For the RAN,
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Adelaide class guided missile frigates (FFG), HMAS Newcastle (06) in N42 Storm Grey Polyurethane and HMAS Melbourne (05) in RAN Haze Grey Polysiloxane.
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