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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Multi-million pound refit for HMS Vigilant

Vanguard-class submarineA £300m weapons overhaul has been announced for strategic missile submarine HMS Vigilant which will be kitted out with the latest equipment including a new nuclear reactor core.

The investment, announced by Secretary of State for Defence John Hutton while at Devonport Royal Dockyard today, Monday 2 March 2009, will see the 16,000-tonne submarine under refit by Babcock at the Plymouth dockyard for around three-and-a-half years.

The accommodation and mess areas that cater for the 135-strong ship's company will also receive a makeover during the refit and a major revalidation of the submarine safety systems will see Vigilant returned to the fleet in 2012 at very high safety standards.

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