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World Service,10 Jul 1984,12 mins

British Shipbuilding Industry

Network UK

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A look at the decline of the British shipbuilding tradition. The launch of the Atlantic Conveyor marked the possible loss of 2000 jobs and highlighted the worse period in the history of British ship building.

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