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Sunday, December 05, 2010

Diving belles! Wrens set to serve on Navy submarines... and they'll get their own bunks to avoid 'hot-bedding' with the men

Astute class submarineIt is one of the last great all- Below: Hot-bedding male bastions in Britain’s Armed Forces with a proud tradition stretching back more than 100 years.

But now the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet is preparing to open its doors to women for the very first time.

Wrens have served on surface ships since the Navy lifted its ban on women crew 20 years ago, but they have remained outlawed from the ‘silent service’ because of fears that their reproductive organs and unborn children might be affected by the reactors on board modern nuclear-powered subs.

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