£1bn HMS Dauntless abandons training exercise after technical trouble

One of Britain’s newest and most expensive warships had to abandon a training exercise last week and head back to port for emergency repairs after losing power.

HMS Dauntless cut short an exercise by two days in the latest technical problem to strike the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 destroyers.

The six vessels cost more than £1 billion each and are described as the most advanced ships Britain has ever built.