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Article: UNited Kingdom : A&P to construct aircraft carriers.
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- November 11, 2009
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Byline: sanjayV03
Tyneside shipbuilders A&P have received a [pounds sterling]55m contract to construct a section of the Royal Navy s Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers.
The five-year project will see a 210-strong workforce manufacture a 1,000 tonne section that will form part of the carriers. Once complete, the 65,000 tonne carriers are expected to be the largest warships ever constructed in the UK.
Tony Graham, head of Capital Ships at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), said: This is an historic day for shipbuilding in the North East, marking its involvement in the biggest shipbuilding programme the navy has seen. It is fantastic that the ...