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Monday, March 26, 2012

HMS Vengeance: £350m sub refit 'to secure 2,000 jobs'

[Vanguard-class]A £350m contract to refit and refuel a Royal Navy nuclear missile submarine will safeguard up to 2,000 UK jobs, the defence secretary is to announce.

Philip Hammond will reveal at a Plymouth dockyard that defence firm Babcock will upgrade HMS Vengeance.

The Ministry of Defence said work on the Vanguard class vessel will secure 1,000 jobs at Babcock, 300 at other firms in Plymouth, and 700 elsewhere.

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