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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Final Portsmouth-built aircraft carrier block leaves shipyard hall

HMS Prince of Wales blockThe second and final block of HMS Prince of Wales today leaves its Portsmouth shipyard hall home.

The block, weighing 6,000 tons, started to be moved on more than 2,300 wheels towards the barge this morning, which will transport it to Rosyth when it leaves the city next week.

Workers looked on as the operation, expected to take 10 hours in total, was coordinated with a single remote control.

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