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Saturday, March 23, 2013

600 Royal Navy personnel may be stationed at Rosyth


Rosyth naval base
Up to 600 Royal Navy personnel are expected to be stationed in Fife for four years from 2015 while Britain’s new aircraft carriers are prepared for service.

Local MP Thomas Docherty said he expects a decision on the future of HMS Caledonia at Rosyth naval base to be ­announced by ministers within weeks.

Following talks between the MP and defence ministers, it is understood that Royal Navy personnel equivalent in number to an army battalion will be ­stationed there from 2015.

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