Rpua; mavy • The government estimates the total value of military equipment scrapped in last October's defence review to be around £12 billion. This includes eight ships, one of which, HMS Chatham, was formally decommissioned on 8 February. She is the first of the Royal Navy's four remaining Devonport-based Type 22 frigates to go. A looming shortfall in the next budget round could yet see more ships cut, with billions of pounds of savings still required.
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