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Shipyard to close as Vosper pulls out
(The Times)
October 13, 2000
By Christine Buckley Industrial Editor
ONE OF the country's oldest shipyards is to close after Vosper Thornycroft (VT) yesterday decided to pull out of Southampton and build new facilities in Portsmouth.
The company's yard at Woolston, which has been making ships since 1862, will close in 2003 because it is not suitable to build Vosper's planned next big ...... Read more on The Times
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