End of an era: BAE Systems ends shipbuilding in Portsmouth

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BAE Systems cuts 1,775 jobs at English and Scottish shipyards


BAE Systems is to cut 1,775 jobs at its yards in Scotland and England and end shipbuilding altogether at Portsmouth.

The firm said 940 staff posts and 170 agency workers will go at the Portsmouth site, which will retain repairs and maintenance work.

Some 835 jobs will be lost at yards in Govan and Scotstoun, on the River Clyde in Glasgow, and Rosyth in Fife and at the firm's Filton office, near Bristol.

The cuts follow a drop in work after the end of aircraft carriers work.

BAE Systems employs 1,200 in Portsmouth and 3,200 across Govan, Scotstoun, Rosyth and Filton.

The company said it had made the cuts because of a "significant" drop in demand.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24831779

Ships have continually been built in Portsmouth since 1497, if not earlier...

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1. Sad, end of an era.

One of my favorite Scottish bands singing about that.

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