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AIRCRAFT CARRIERS DEAL TO BE SIGNED

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The Royal Navy is to sign a deal for two new aircraft carriers

Thursday July 3,2008

Work on building two new aircraft carriers will move a step closer when terms are signed on the Royal Navy's flagship, HMS Ark Royal.

The new Royal Navy aircraft carriers - HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales - will cost a total of £4 billion.

Work on the 65,000-ton ships is to be carried out at Govan in Glasgow and Rosyth in Fife as well as at yards in Barrow in Furness and Portsmouth, where the on-board ceremony will be held.


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