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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Deep cuts to the Royal Navy could leave Plymouth home to a 'ghost fleet'


Cuts could leave city a 'ghost fleet'
Deep cuts to the Royal Navy could leave Plymouth as home to "a dockyard and a ghost fleet", a defence expert warns.

According to claims in a national newspaper yesterday, the Navy could be slashed in half after the defence review now being carried out.

The move would hit Plymouth badly, with the troop landing ships Albion and Bulwark being sold off, The Sun newspaper claimed.

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