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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Giant jetty sets sail to sub base

Valiant JettyA floating jetty, the length of two football pitches, has completed its journey to its new home on the Clyde.

The 200m long reinforced concrete structure will provide berths for six new Astute-class submarines at the Royal Navy's Faslane base.

The Valiant Jetty will be kept in place by four piles at its corners, each as tall as Nelson's Column, allowing it to rise and fall with the tide.

Five tugs towed the structure on its nine-mile journey from Greenock.

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