Dockyard News

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Continuing pressure on defence spending, and the announcement of a new defence review, has raised doubts about the future of all British dockyards and shipbuilding facilities. A selection of relevant links follows:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8137257.stm

www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Major-defence-review-casts-new-shadow-Naval-Base/article-1144836-detail/article.html

www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/mod-dispose-yard-sites/article-1075394-detail/article.html

thescotsman.scotsman.com/nucleardefence/Faslane-to-be-home-to.5242600.jp

thescotsman.scotsman.com/britisharmedforces/Scots-jobs-face-axe-.5416264.jp

The final closure of RN Hospital Haslar occurred shortly after important archaeological discoveries on the site:

www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Excavation-at-Haslar-reveals-horror.5315034.jp

The Historic Dockyard at Chatham played host to the first national Armed Forces Day:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8121826.stm