EXCLUSIVE – The UK Defence Journal can reveal the news that there has been an alleged incident of sabotage onboard HMS Glasgow, with claims that a group of disgruntled contractors have interrupted the fitting out process of the Type 26 Frigate by severing over 60 cables.
The suspected motive behind this destructive act is said to be an issue related to payment disputes, although this cannot be confirmed.
The reported incident had caused work on HMS Glasgow to come to a stop very briefly as investigators sought to identify the culprits and the root cause of their actions. Work resumed shortly after and crews are back onboard.
A spokesperson for the company stated:
“We uncovered a limited number of cables on HMS Glasgow earlier in the week, which appear to have been damaged intentionally.
We immediately launched an internal investigation, alongside our suppliers, and temporarily paused work on the ship to inspect every area of the vessel and ensure our high standards and quality controls are met.
Normal operations have now resumed and an assessment is underway to scope the repairs needed.”
In total and for context, approximately 23,000 cables will be installed on HMS Glasgow. They include data cables that provide a crucial role transmitting data between various systems, equipment, and personnel on the ship, and electrical cables which power the various systems within the ship.
BAE Systems, the main contractor responsible for the construction and fitting out of the HMS Glasgow, is understood to have taken the appropriate precautions and a source at the yard told me that there is likely no noticeable impact on the completion of the fitting out of the vessel. A source at the yard told me:
“Well, when the news broke about the sabotage on the HMS Glasgow, it certainly caught us off guard here at the yard. It’s not an everyday occurrence, that’s for sure.
But you know, despite the surprise, we’ve stayed resilient. We’re leaving the big decisions and responses to management, and focusing on our tasks at hand. It’s a testament to the spirit here – no matter what, we keep going.Ā I don’t think we’ll be set back by this”.
In terms of the investigation, it will likely focus on identifying those responsible and understanding how they were able to carry out their actions. Measures will also be implemented to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.
Incidents like these, while concerning, are not unheard of in large scale projects. Complex projects like shipbuilding often involve hundreds of subcontractors and a vast number of personnel, which can lead to disputes or disagreements.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said:
“Around 4.50pm on Thursday, 11 May, 2023, we were called to a report of damage discovered on a vessel in a dry dock at South Street, Glasgow. As a precaution, the ship was evacuated and enquiries are ongoing.”
HMS Glasgow entered the water for the first time at the end of last year, the frigate was moved onto a barge at the Govan shipyard before being moved downriver to Glenmallan on Loch Long.
There, the barge was submerged, allowing HMS Glasgow to float off and be towed back to the city towards the BAE Scotstoun facility, where she is being fitted out.
In addition to winning the contract for the second batch of five Type 26 Frigates, BAE recently shared exciting information about new shipbuilding academy at their Clyde shipyard.
Nadia Savage, Business Operations Director at BAE Systems, described the plans for an academy and why BAE Systems want to build it, āIn the past, thereās no secret that shipbuilding, like many other industries, has gone through a cyclical kind of movement and that has had an impact on skills, not just in shipbuilding but across manufacturing in the UK generally.ā
Treason and terrorism in one go.
Nope, this is a public workplace if this was a Navy base then yes but it is not. This will be seen as a criminal act.
Agree entirely Bill. The scary thing is that on such a vital project, built-in sabotage of the kind that might only reflect later, is a real possibility on these projects. Security needs tightening up although it must be really difficult to guard against all possibilities with so many working onboard
I worked on a new corvette type vessel for the royal navy in ashipyard in the south of England which had been largely built in Scotland previously it was so badly tampered with in Scotland that all pipework had to be replaced they had put a full dustbin inside the funnel etc never seen anything like it before or since. Paul
ā¹name it dickhead. The work that came up from Portsmouth sealed their fate.
Phoning up the accounts payable dept is the more traditional method of chasing an invoice – now they might deduct the cost of damages from the payment at best. Very strange behavior.
We used to hang for less.
Wasn’t that “Arson in the Royal Docks?”
Yup believe it was.
Yerp, one days No. 1 punishment, as, awarded by courts Marshall. 1ļøā£š.
Hmmm… didn’t the RN have some salutary disciplinary practices in days of yore (e.g., lashes before the mast w/ cat of nine tails, walking the plank, drawing and quartering the hard cases)? š¤š³š
Hi our American cousin
I confess I am a fan of old naval fiction and factual of all eras
Hanging by hauling a miscreant up a mast was the standard punishment for the worst offenders
Lashes was the standard practice for disobeying the articles of war which covered a wide range of offences
5 or 10 strokes was common and by sadistic captains more than that and for hard cases flogging round the fleet would in most cases kill
Also there was a rarer older punishment of keel hauling, pulling a man underneath a vessel ripping him to bits on the barnacles
Walking the plank was more a piratical practice if it was true and drawing and quartering was land based
They did enforce hard discipline
Smickers,
Thanks, appreciate the tutorial! š Knew that someone on this site would provide a more complete and accurate description of historical disciplinary practices. Wonder whether there is a difference in judicially prescribed punishment for acts of sabotage of military equipment during periods of declared conflict vs. ‘peacetime’? š¤
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The last time a Brit was hanged for treason was Lord Haw Haw (not a lord) in 1946 who broadcasted Nazi propaganda during WW11
Since then in peace imprisioned and exchange has been the standard
Also across the pond the same? I think
This bad news for the industry. Those responsible must be found and held to account.
Taken out at dawn would be the best way.
Curious re yardarms, realize it is a portion of the cross bracing of masts but diagrams appear to depict a relatively small length, difficult to attach a hangman’s rope. Would any ship’s crane prove be an adequate modern substitute? š¤
The employees and the company that are sub-contractors should be forced to repay the costs (including selling their homes). Best way to punish people these days is through their pocket.
Simple, bill the idiots who did this, the full cost of repairing the damage, by taking it out of their pocket, (all in one go) you send a powerful message to other idiots
Can’t argue with that farouk well said.
And jail them.
And possibly āshameā them or their company too. What a bunch of pratts! There should be proper channels to go through for disputes. A bit lax on worksite security by the look of it.
Personally I’d charge them under the Terrorism Act…
It might get the rest of Glasgow’s dire shipbuilding workforce to up their game after glued on bolts on the River Class amongst other things…
It’s actually gross miss conduct and typically instant dissmusal. I would hope in cases like this no union rep would argue otherwise and therefore these individuals can be swiftly removed.
This is why future employers need to check references as a record of gross miss conduct would be reported back making it hard to get future employment.
Problem is that with construction related trades as soon as you ask for a reference you are listening to the dial tone.
There is such a shortage that they just zig and zag their way round issues without ever dealing with them.
That is slowly changing as construction is now gradually slowing.
But most of them will still walk away rather than engage!
Very good idea Farouk and I fully support that idea. This should include being forced to sell their homes if needed to repay costs if needed. People will think twice when they lose their own homes.
Typical of agency labour employed by electrical subcontractors.
Big problem is how you let people go. It sounds like the actions of an individual who got back in after he was let go.
I had the same on a major listed building refurb – cables cut and tucked into the joists. Caused havoc with the project as the underfloor heating and floors were down!
Electrical contractor wouldnāt take responsibility, quite grinningly.
Pay your people rightly. Simple. Enough cases of local builders going ‘kill dozer’ over no pay.
Angered the Shipbuilder, the Contractor, the Union.
On an individual level; proven unworthy of efforts being made on their behalf, losses job, criminal record. Nice One, then.
Lesson to draw; think before you precipitate a course of action.
Your evidence they werenāt being āpaid rightlyā? Or are you just jumping to conclusionsā¦
I’m sure many of us have seen this with regard to disputes over quality and/or payment. If feeling wronged, some less than bright workmen see a red mist and think they are perfectly justified to retaliate by dismantling their work instead of taking the dispute through the legal progress (it’s the tough and simple world they work in where fists often settle disputes). Probably simple vandalism and not sabotage by an elite foreign spy force. I hope they find them and blacklist them for life.
Exactly this.
Beginning to think that the royal navy’s security needs to be examined very quickly as I’m be ginning to think that some Russian have infrilltated the workforce also beginning to think that G.H.Q. and all of our security services need a kick up the ass i can remember 20 years ago when I was a royal mail worker I was delivering mait to a top secret firm called.S.E.R.L. I used to get a cup of tea here most days but on one day I was told by security that there was a flap on and I couldn’t have a cupper..I also told the security personnel that a building right next to this firm was over looked by a block of flats that had twenty Russian families living there ..within two years all the Russians mysteriously had moved back to Russia and a so called firm in the next town that was making Russian lorries closed down as well ..if I could see these Russians spying on a top secret admiralty building why couldn’t our G.H.Q. see it as well …And while I’m at it what really happened to H.M.S. prince of Wales was this sabotage as well
SERL ceased to be in 1979(ish) when it merged?
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/ap20637/services-electronics-research-laboratory
GCHQ does communications intelligence – they were likely listening in on what the Russians were saying. MI5 is the security service (counter intelligence) of course if you stop people spying you can’t let them see what you want them to think – it’s all smoke and mirrors.
Not everyone despises what the nation stands for, merely a small ever shrinking minority that the Scottish local council have done a great job of ensuring.
I object to that. So where should British war ship building be located? When you say “our” do you mean England only by any chance? I voted to stay in the Union and so did more than 55% of Scottish voters. Why does your kind continue to push your anti-British agenda and ignore that more people in Scotland not only consider themselves Scottish but also British? The attitude of your kind is the reason why so many Scots are swayed towards independence.
Well said.
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100% agree Davy. I should ignore truly stupid comments such as this and would not discount the possibility of it being part of an orchestrated attempt to sow discord among the peoples of the UK. Surprised though at my namesake as in the past I recall he has made some good comment. Is that really you Geoffi?
Independence nowadays is a Moot Point: Perhaps even more so with the powers that be in the Hierarchy of the Scottish Government and the Scottish National Party whom, Perhaps, reading Writing on the Wall with the Conundrum of a lack of Social Policy working for Indigenous Scottish Populations here since birth, yet being Also-rans when Compared With the Jonny Foreigners being encouraged to come to Scotland for Repopulation Reasons and Showered With Scottish Government Incentives for doing so, Such as Repurposed Social Housing benefits when Indigenous Scots would seem to be Ignored and Provided Grievances that are Encouragements for Independence being Demanded “from Westminster that keeps Reserved Powers Over Scotland”:
Don’t get me started on this issue: An Uncle I didnāt ever get to meet and my mother and her parents and sisters who grieved his/their Loss of his Life in the Royal Navy in Second World War went to their own Eventual Deaths without the tradition of a funeral for a Life Well Lived and another chapter comes along with Its Own Difficulties whether to support/reject Factionalism within Worldwide Nations and direct efforts to Achieve Peace, Albeit the first casualty of War is Truth About What’s Happening, It Seems
As with Allegedly Sabotaged Shipyard Work for Defence of the Realm Acts (Aka DORA) for Purposes Defence of UK as Nowadays Known, Apparently
Very sad indeed hopefully the management fine out who was responsible,and both managers and work force will learn from this so it won’t happen in other defence industries .š
Pretty insane. Any contractor sabotaging a RN ship build will never get any more work from the MOD & probably will black list itself with anyone else. Then there’s the criminal prosecution that will follow.
To think that theses ships are built to defend this island nation and them selfs from other nations with bad intentions is despicable .š
They keep getting the contracts! Type 45s, B2 OPVs were all a victim of this. The same blokes glueing bolts and cutting brass off hoses are probably still working in this industry. Need more buy in from the RN and staff everywhere.
Dockyard culture wasnāt that great historically.
This wouldnāt be the first time. I can recall examples from the ā80ās.
There are some strange loyalties doing the rounds these days esp in the North. Somehow we have to isolate disaffection, not cave in to it. Working alongside people should be the best way but my experience says its hard to sus out trouble unless you are clued up by the signs and tackle it early.
One of the reasons Naval ships were UK built was to avoid sabotage.
Once we become independent. You can build your warships in england you can also take yir nuclear weapons with yi. Think its funny yir all greeting about some disgruntled employees ‘alleged’ cutting cables when the designers cock up every new piece if mod equipment from jets to tanks to ships. šš“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ
Rude.
Terrorism Act and Criminal Damage Act. I wonder if there’s more damage that hasn’t been noticed yet that could risk lives in the future?
Interesting historical precedent: HMS Conqueror’s completion was delayed by sabotage at Cammell Laird.
And donāt forget, that same sub went on to carry out some fantastic work in the Falklands, and only a few months later, delightedly stole a top-secret, Russian sonar array. š
I was just thing about that.
The team that I’m told was involved was from an English subcontractor.
Oooh, fricken ooops.
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And the source of that information is what George?
Private.
Ignorant comment.
Once the culprits have been found, a minimum 30 year sentence should be imposed on them for their dangerous criminal actions.
Whoever employed them should be held responsible, and made to pay the full cost for the criminal damage, as well as time wasted etc.
Do f all about it, and it could end up with other clowns doing something similar in the future.
This is a crime against the ‘state’ and it’s citizens.
Another reason why not to have civilian contractors working on military ships
The problem is, we have put all our eggs in one basket. BAE Systems make everything, they are the Jack of all trades, but the masters of none.
They make pretty good AFVs and artillery systems.
Probably the same guys that cut the cables short in Fergusons . Kick them off the job and fine their employer the full remedial costs , then ban them for life .
Disgraceful but not unheard of behaviour. Culprits need found and serious charges laid and make it clear anyone found to be involved will be hammered as will their employer. Interested to hear if its a failure of clearance and can be associated to any groups bouyed by apparent lack of action percieved to have been taken on groups such as Stop Oil etc
Hmmm, kinda reminds me of Glasgow School of Art. You know, job nearly done, no work lined up. Fuck it, torch the place. Another 3years work. Sorted.
Remember how they kept goingon about quality Scotish ship building. If a contractor with a beef can do that if the FSB put their mind to it I’m sure they could do far worse. To be honest after the cutting of the Shetland cable, US Navy ship falling over in the drydock in Perth and now this it does seem like someone might well be sabotaging ships.
When the completion of HMS Invincible was delayed, the decision was taken to bring the old HMS Bulwark out of mothballs to fill the gap. When they first tried to fire The Rusty B up, they discovered someone had poked a length of 2×2 up a steam line. Unfortunately, this sort of thing is nothing new and while some will look for motives the real reason may be as simple as ‘because they could’.
Security needs to be stepped up on the people being employed there. This is a serious matter and if done by UK nationals needs to be treated as treason.National security at these works on defense vessels is important.
I have been involved with Employee relations as both a Union Rep and a Disciplinary Manager for over 30 years and what actions you can take are limited by Employment Law.
Due to those laws there are very few instances where an employer will risk summary dismissal, you would suspend and go down the disciplinary route.
You need an absolute squeaky clean, solid investigation which provides the evidence, any mitigating circumstances and doesnāt infringe on their civil rights.
Then you go through the process of a hearing and decide on a verdict and appropriate penalty, which would probably be dismissal.
Unfortunately you cannot take financial compensation nor under any circumstances Blacklist the individual or give a negative reference quite simply it is illegal and the consequences are horrendous. That is why most references just confirm the period of employment, job role and sometimes final salary, with no other comments.
What I would do is get the Police involved or take out a private prosecution yourself and just remember that this was in Scotland and the law is different to the rest of the U.K (itās a bit more sensible in many ways).
As I understand it the ship isnāt Government property until it has completed its builders trials, acceptance trials and commissioned.
So it is at present the property of BAe not us, so no to Treason but absolutely yes to āMalicious or Criminal Damageā.
And by going down that route they may get a Jail Sentence, Criminal Record (Which shows up on pre employment screening) and an award of damages against them.
And as for how a decent Union Rep would approach it, Iāve seen this from both sides of the table and the Rep has to defend the employee thatās their job.
But I have conducted several cases where I know full well they were just going through the motions (one even thanked me afterwards for sacking person as he was doing a lot more than we knew about).
It has, absolutely, to be fair.
As you say blacklists are, rightly, illegal.
So the only way of making sure that they are out of sensitive jobs is to get the police to investigate and at least charge them. That way it will show up on a records check and they can be asked about it at a screening interview.
Rotten sods who sabotage the employer are no friend of the job security of their fellow union members or non members.
The odd thing about our Judicial system is that the courts are far less forgiving and apply far harsher sentences for crimes against an employer than a private individual.
If you steal a Ā£40K car as a 1st offence it is a suspended sentence, a fine /costs and community service. Pinch Ā£40K from your employer it is 5 years and confiscation of property to repay the loss (proceeds of crime).
IMHO there needs to be more reform of how employee relations work in the older manufacturing industries.
Some of our best companies have excellent profits, H&S and employee relations. And that is because they have a mutual open and honest respectful relationship between management and unions.
And yep that involves the Union understanding that they are as much a stakeholder as the ownership and working in a common direction.
Classic example is Toyota at Burnaston, in 2008 the financial resulted in car orders plummeting.
There is a really good employee relationship and a 1 union agreement and it was the Union that put forward a better solution than the Management.
No redundancies, scrap the night shift and everyone takes a pay cut via reduced hours. The management sold it to Toyota and all took the cut as well. When orders picked up the changes were reversed, Toyota didnāt incur extra costs for training and hiring and they hit the ground running.
Over the next few yew years the annual bonuses mounted up to more than the lost pay.
Mind you that is a Japanese company where everyone wears the same workwear and eats in the same canteen.
So get the Police in.
Hi Andy, The point is that in ER cases you have to do everything by the book. Over 30 years I have unfortunately dismissed over 20 individuals. That isnāt something I am proud of as it is effectively destroying someoneās income and effects families.
But not one person ever successfully appealed my decision and no one ever took my employer to a Tribunal due to me.
The key expression is to be be āfair and consistentā to be fair you have to demonstrate you have taken into account all the facts and circumstances.
Hence the investigating manager has to look into any mitigation as they present have to present all the evidence.
If you donāt you can end up in court at a Tribunal and they are very Ā£Ā£Ā£ even if you win.
So best bet is just call Plod š¤
Fascinated by your assertion that blacklists are illegal.
You need Security Clearance to get onsite at a defence facility, including a shipyard – I certainly did at Barrow. These are difficult to obtain and easy to take away. Without SC they may no be formally blacklisted but the fact is they wont be able to work in defence.
The bit about Glasgow not being government property – not necessarily. Much of the material is purchased by the MOD. It remains government property throughout the whole build – those components are tracked separately in inventory. Not sure if cabling falls into that category.
My assertion regarding Blacklists is 100% factual within the context of Civil Employment Law and has been backed up by the Courts on numerous occasions (some of the fines were eye watering). Which is why an employer cannot pass on any information that would be detrimental to an individuals character (nor the reverse of a glowing reference).
The security clearance implications are a completely separate issue as are Criminal investigations and override Employment confidentiality. Fair to say when someone gets caught they will never go near anything important again.
Which is why IMHO this should be a Police matter and not dealt with via Employment law (which is why I replied).
As for security clearance, I have no idea what they do at BAe innGlasgow, but as you are also aware there are different levels and BPSS and CTC are pretty basic but will pick up Criminal convictions straight off.
I canāt speak for Barrow and Iāve been up there a few times, but Iād imagine it is the same as in Derby where it is SC up to DV depending on what you do, what you know, what you are handling and where you access.
When I started it was all called Positive Vetting and was pretty rigorous. But actually quite good fun (18 year old being asked by my ex Head Teacher why he had a visit from a couple of large gents with no sense of humour asking if I was a Communist ? His answer was that No I wasnāt but was a decent Prop Forward).
Thanks, I wasn’t aware of that Black list thing at all. And firms were convicted? Which means someone in HR formally wrote the blacklist down as a policy, staggeringly dumb if so, I bet they were popular. Yes absolutely this is a matter for the Police.
Weird things go on in shipyards
The most notorious incident in recent years was when dozens of major building firms were taken to court by the GMB on behalf of 50 union members. They were actually operating a database of black listed workers, who were mainly Union Activists or H&S savvy. It was settled out of court and Ā£1.9 million in costs plus over Ā£30 million in individual compensations, plus retraining costs.
Moral is just conform basic info and nothing else on a reference.
A terrorist act against our Armed forces culprits should be named/shamed and jailed.
I looked up the treason laws in the UK. In principle you can get a slap on the hand to a whole life tarriff. One thing I noted is you also lose your right to vote a well and from holding public office. It;’s not likely this would fall under treason unless they acted for a foreign power and even that it’s unlikely they would be charged with that offence as it pertains more to state and military secrets and working directly for foreign governments we are at war with. However, the government is looking at a law on sabotage:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-bill-factsheets/sabotage-national-security-bill-factsheet
It doesn’t look as if it is on the statute books yet though (more’s the pity). However, it is more likely to fall under the 1971 criminal damage act:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_damage_in_English_law
Perhaps it was down to cash flow problems and late payment of wages?
However. A serious criminal offence has occurred, and the above possibility – if the cause – is no excuse.
Disgruntled contractors lol yeah right. I’m sure.
UKDJās coverage made it to the BBC website, Georgeās (and the teamās) influence keeps on growing:
āThe military news website UK Defence Journal, which reported the incident, suggested that it may have been sabotage by a contractor in a payment dispute.ā
BAE investigating alleged sabotage of next-generation Royal Navy warship | Royal Navy | The Guardian UKDJ is credited here
Is this contractor a certain other government owned shipyard currently building ferrys who have suffered a host of wiring problems?
Treason. Pure and simple. Find them, prosecute them, lock them up and throw away the key.
The law should be applied in full force and the individuals should be sacked and made to pay for the damage. Security in on and around all navel vessels yards and docks and bases should be tightened as soon as possible especially with russia threatening all sorts of things nowadays. Military personnel should be on all projects and building of allroyal navy ship’s. Also I think and believe that in future especially with Scotland clearly hating England and the uk that new ports and yards also current existing ports and yards ect should be built in England as well as northern irlend and Wales as we don’t know how much longer Scotland will be in the uk andbwhy give Scotland the most ship building contracts in future. The people who love the uk should be given jobs building navy ship’s in nations who respect the uk and don’t continuesly put down the uk yet Scotland does exactly that while having thousands of jobs building the uk’s defence force also all subs and ship’s should always be at home docks in England ect incase anything was to happen like taking control of navy vessels in an attempt to gain independence as we have seen in other nations in the past. That’s my opinion anyway
Deja vu. Type 42 Destroyer. HMS Glasgow shipyard fire 23 September 1976. That was a rather suspicious event too. Identification of one of the bodies raised some questions. I’m not sure if that was released to the public or not.
The culprits could be found out, however it may require some ‘harsh or draconian’ measures in order to do so. The modern world does not have the stomach for such things, so I can see criminal damage such as this, happening again.
Oh Dear BAEs and its contractors either its Supa-Glue or walking around clipping cables, now the only thing is they would of all logged into the system. and if they know when this happened. they should be Arrested and Charged because that will remove there SC clearance. BAEs will just pay to replace the cables and hush it up. Maybe pulling them from tendering again as a sole bidder needs to happen. but then other yards are just as bad.
We need our ships built here and this wonāt help the quest. Further, if some slimy toad management types are holding back payment- then these individuals should be named and shamed then dealt with in similar manner.
This ought to be treated as treason. If the suspects are identified and charged with just criminal damage then they’ll be let off lightly.
Surely this is classed as treason, wilfully sabotaging defence.
Well if true they should close the whole yard until they have found the culprits, their reason behind it and make them repair what they cut, allegedly. After that close the shipyard crew down and replacebthem temporarily whilst the reasons behind it are met. Then reinstate them unless there is a security risk.
It happens.When Rosyth went from Royal Dockyard to Babcock there with “issues” with the ships in refit up there. Stuff removed to the workshops became lost ( Ships Siren for example) , smashed gauges on equipment.
The shot blasting of the deck inside the GT down take wasn’t sabotage that was just someone who was thick as mince and didnt know what they where doing. Engine out. Hung upside down. Shaken until all the shot fell out of it then back in. It worked. Job done.
The repair may be simple or not.
Multi core cables mean a re run. You cannot add Junction boxes . If its HVAC cables, re run.
So through bulkhead connectors ripped out cables pulled , re run and new through bulkhead connectors . Most multi way connectors are just like small horizontal manholes. Cables go through, some packing pieces go in and then intumescent mastic goes in. Hopefully they havent been filled with mastic yet as she’s still fitting out.
You also need to make sure the cables go in the right way round. Looking at the ends of a cable the wires are numbered/colour coded clockwise and spiral into the center for pin connectors and spiral anti clockwise for socket connectors. Get it wrong and the wires at 3 and 9 o’clock positions are 180 degrees out and wont fit in the connector.
Look at 3 core 13 amp cable …From the top to go on the the 13 A plug it should go Yellow/Green, Blue, Brown Clockwise. otherwise you cross over the live and neutral. A minor inconvenience. Now imagine a 64 core cable trying to cross wires over…
Should withdraw the contract with BAE that way nobody will get their pay rise until someone tells on someone