Construction of HMS Prince of Wales, the second of the two new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, started on Thursday at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard on the Clyde.
Employees and guests gathered at the shipyard as Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, was invited to press the button on the company’s plasma machine to cut the first steel for the vessel. Fox said: “We are committed to delivering this next generation of powerful British aircraft carriers that will mark a step…
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