Up to 25 jobs will be created when a Royal Navy ship is
brought to Swansea to be scrapped.
HMS Cornwall, which is moored at Portsmouth Harbour, has
been bought by recycling firm Swansea Drydocks.
It is one of four decommissioned frigates sold in July by
the Ministry of Defence raising up to £3m with the other three bought by a
Turkish firm.
The two companies will recycle as many parts of the former
Devonport-based ships as possible.
HMS Cornwall was decommissioned in 2011 and will arrive in Swansea
later this year with the project due for completion in early 2014.
Swansea Drydocks was granted a permit change in April to
expand its operation allowing it to extend the area where it dismantles ships
to include a "wet berth".
It will temporarily store old vessels to start stripping
fixtures and fittings and remove waste fuel.
HMS Cornwall will be the first ship to be stored here.
Source: BBC. 27 August
2013
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