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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Royal Navy 'insufficient' ship numbers, says peer

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Former first sea lord and Labour peer Lord West of Spithead criticised the current number of ships in the Royal Navy, deeming the figure "insufficient".

"We have insufficient escort hulls and we need more. Nineteen is simply insufficient for our nation. The paying off of four Type 22 escorts in the Strategic Defence and Security Review since when £12bn of under spend has been created was a terrible error," he said.

He asked Defence Minister Lord Astor of Hever, on 17 June 2013, if he agreed that the "£250m per annum we will be paying BAE Systems not to build warships could perhaps be used to build escorts".

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