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They include HMS Dreadnought, the UK’s first nuclear-powered submarine which was retired from service in 1980.

It was during a visit to Rosyth in January 1995 that the then defence procurement minister Roger Freeman made the statement.

The milestone prompted a repeated demand from Dunfermline and West Fife MP Douglas Chapman for action to deal with the vessels.

Mr Chapman said: “It is astonishing that 25 years after Roger Freeman made that statement we are still waiting for the UK government to clear up these submarines that were decommissioned in the 1980s.

“I have pressured the government for years to have some sort of joined-up thinking to remove these.

“It is not only costing the taxpayer millions every year to keep them but also taking up valuable dock space that Babcock could be utilising for more economically productive activities.”…… https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/1123498/nuclear-vessels-still-languish-at-fife-dockyard-25-years-after-pledge-against-submarine-graveyard/