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Plymouth will remain home to type 23 frigates

Plymouth's type 23 frigates will continue to be based at Devonport for the forseeable future.

The announcement was made during a debate in parliament this morning.

Ironically, it comes on the day that Plymouth's last type 22 frigate, HMS Cornwall, sailed home to be scrapped - she docked this morning as hundreds of relatives waited to meet her crew.

A cross party delegation of local MPs and councillors has been working to stop the type 23s moving to Portsmouth for some time.

Campaigners say they will keep fighting to have the new type 26 frigates based here too.

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