New Royal Yacht?

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Hospital building = jobs / work

yes as well as ship building

construction creates jobs / work

 

[crystal ball]

Hospitals generally more beneficial to the UK than a vanity project

 

[transam]

Hospitals generally more beneficial to the UK than a vanity project

hospital ship ?

 

[crystal ball]

Britannia was designed to be able to be quickly converted to a hospital ship allegedly, never happened

 

[transam]

Britannia was designed to be able to be quickly converted to a hospital ship allegedly, never happened

well thats good than is it not ?

 

[crystal ball]

Probably a lie to try and justify the cost

 

[transam]

Probably a lie to try and justify the cost

probably

 

[Doug99]

Britannia was designed to be able to be quickly converted to a hospital ship allegedly, never happened

She had oil fired boilers. By the time the Falklands War pitched up, she was an old platform and all other vessels had been modernised. If she had converted to a hospital ship, she would have required her own tanker.