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Friday, October 14, 2011

Barrow keel-laying ceremony for Astute-class submarine

Astute class submarineWork has started in Cumbria on the Royal Navy's fifth Astute-class nuclear-powered submarines.

Defence minister Gerald Howarth took part in a traditional keel-laying ceremony at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow later.

He was standing in for the Defence Secretary Liam Fox, who pulled out citing logistical reasons.

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