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Babcock has started a series of major infrastructure projects at Devonport in Plymouth. Over the next 10 years Babcock will develop state of-the-art facilities to meet the evolving requirements of the UK’s Royal Navy. Since 2020 the UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Babcock initial contracts worth around £140 million for infrastructure ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has revealed that all of the Royal Navy’s next-generation Type 26 frigates will be homed in Devonport. The eight Type 26 warships will start being delivered to the Royal Navy from the mid-2020s, heralding yet another new era in the role of a base, which has ...
Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland has made a triumphant return to her home port of Devonport following a seven-month deployment to the other side of the world. In January, HMS Sutherland set sail from Plymouth touring Australia and the Asia Pacific. While there, the ship’s crew undertook exercises with both the ...
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