Portsmouth City Council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson insists that Portsmouth dockyard will remain operational as BAE Systems delivered the first of three ocean patrol vessels to the Brazilian Navy on Friday.
The Independent newspaper reported on Monday (25th) that a review into the future of British shipbuilding commissioned by defence secretary Phillip Hammond suggested the dockyard should close and its supercarrier warship programme should be delayed. Attending the handover of ocean patrol vessel Amazonas from BAE Systems to the Brazilian Navy, Portsmouth council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson…
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