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Monday, November 26, 2012

Shipyards on the slipway

Nigel Whitehead |Closure looms for one of Britain's three remaining Royal Navy shipyards. And so does a renewal of hostilities over the politics of where they're located.

It's no surprise to find that there is too much capacity for the amount of work the Royal Navy has on offer.

One yard is likely to close; Portsmouth on the south coast, or either Govan or Scotstoun on the Clyde.

BBC News

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