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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

UK Naval base has 19 warships in mothballs and just 16 on active service

For the first time since the 1982 Falklands conflict the number of warships at Portsmouth naval base on active service has dropped below the number decommissioned and awaiting disposal.

The home of the Fleet has 19 redundant ships compared with 16 on active duty but in dock.

Although these figures may be used as further proof of the scaling down of the Senior Service, the Royal Navy said the situation had only arisen because a further 27 ships were at sea.

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