Doubts over capacity and skills could lead to warship contracts going overseas. Clayton Hirst reports

The Ministry of Defence is conducting a major review of the UK's shipbuilding industry which could lead to future contracts being awarded to foreign firms.

UK shipbuilding directly employs 24,000 people, with a further 50,000 involved in a support role. But according to well-placed sources, the MoD study is likely to conclude that the UK lacks sufficient skills and capacity at its yards to handle a number of forthcoming projects and certain contacts could be awarded to overseas firms ......
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