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‘New Spanish Armada’ will result from £1.6bn shipbuilding contract, Labour says

Labour shadow defence minister Chris Evans claimed that 6,000 jobs would have been created.

The Independent UK

Shipbuilding returns to Belfast with £1.6 billion Harland & Wolff deal

The deal is expected to see 900 jobs created at the Belfast yard

Birmingham Post

Harland and Wolff boss hails Royal Navy deal as return of shipbuilding to Belfast

"Belfast will have an engineering history again"

Belfast Live

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Tyneside shipyard A&P misses out on major navy contract

The North East shipbuilder says it hopes to win other work coming from the National Shipbuilding Strategy

Birmingham Post

Harland and Wolff to help build three Royal Navy ships bringing 1,200 jobs

Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s 216-metre Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships will supply munitions, stores and provisions to Navy’s aircraft carriers, destroyers and frigates deployed at sea

Belfast Live

Putin and spending squeeze sink plans for royal yacht replacement

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the priority was on new vessels to protect undersea cables rather than a ‘national flagship’.

The Independent UK

Tories set to 'betray' British workers over £1.6bn naval supply ships deal

MPs have waged a parliamentary fight calling for the contract to go to Team UK - maximising the amount of work that goes to British employees

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Harland & Wolff reports £25.5m loss as expenses from growth swell

The shipbuilder’s parent company bought Devon’s Appledore shipyard in August 2020 in a £7m deal

Birmingham Post

Devon shipyard wins £55million contract supporting 100 jobs

Appledore Shipyard will renovate former mine hunter HMS Quorn for use by the Lithuanian navy

Birmingham Post

Revamp for mothballed ex-Royal Navy minesweeper to help fight Russian aggression

HMS Quorn will get a £55million makeover having been sold to NATO member Lithuania, which shares a border with a Russian exclave

Daily Mirror

Harland & Wolff acquires former Royal Navy mine hunting ship

The engineering firm, whose parent company own Devon’s Appledore shipyard, will refurbish the former HMS Atherstone for non-military uses

Birmingham Post

Harland & Wolff's Belfast shipyard wins first UK cruise ship contract in 20 years

One of the vessels will be the largest cruise ship ever to have dry docked in a UK yard

Birmingham Post

Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast wins UK's first cruise ship contract in 20 years

One of the vessels will be the largest cruise ship ever to have dry docked in a UK yard

Belfast Live

Titanic life jacket to be displayed in visitor centre in island of Ireland first

The artefact, which is one of only six remaining life jackets from the ill-fated liner, will go on display at Titanic Belfast.

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Titanic: Rare life jacket goes on display 110 years after sinking of world’s most famous ship

This is the first time the life jacket has been on public display on the island of Ireland

The Independent UK

Titanic survivor Molly Brown’s blanket to go under the hammer

A number of items associated with the famous liner will be sold in east Belfast, a short distance from the shipyard where she was built.

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