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muriel_volestrangler

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3. Not sure what you mean - *building* ships hasn't been a need for UK governments for a long time

Reply to turbinetree (Reply #2)

Sat May 8, 2021, 03:54 PM

May 2021

They build warships in Britain (and the 2 large carriers were built in Scotland) for prestige/local employment purposes, but England has capacity, eg in Portsmouth, to build any ships likely to be ordered in the near future. Nuclear submarines are built at Barrow-in-Furness, in England.

Are you perhaps thinking of the base for nuclear submarines, which is in Scotland? The suitable deep water harbour in Wales has LNG storage nearby, which they don't like as a mixture, and Plymouth harbour is rather close to the city of Plymouth.

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probably not anytime real soon stopdiggin May 2021 #1

I keep thinking of the ship yard in Scotland , since England really has no place to really build turbinetree May 2021 #2

Not sure what you mean - *building* ships hasn't been a need for UK governments for a long time muriel_volestrangler May 2021 #3

That is what I was thinking........thanks turbinetree May 2021 #4