Warship Blister Tanks

Date: July 2006, May 2008 & June 2013

Customer: MoD IPT

Location: Plymouth

Background

Blister tanks are two void spaces that were fitted on either side of a Naval Warship post manufacture.

These void spaces are subject to two inspections per year by Lloyds.

Due to the way these tanks had been fitted, a lot of moisture was in the air resulting in corrosion. Lloyds were concerned about the amount of corrosion appearing inside the void spaces.

1) The Task

HITEK-nology Solutions Ltd was approached by an MoD IPT to provide a solution that would protect the insides of these blister tanks.

2) Product Used

VpCI 609

3) The Solution

VpCI 609 is fogged into the internal volume of the voids resulting in a low cost two years anti-corrosion protection.

HSL were requested to retreat the Blister Tanks again in June 2008, on the right is a picture of the sacrificial plates placed in the Tanks in 2006, (they were therefore in the tanks for five years), as can be seen protection was achieved.