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Impact of defence cuts still unclear

The future of naval personnel in Plymouth remains unclear after the government announced more than 1000 redundancies.

About 350 of those will get compuslory redundancy.

Devonport-based HMS Cumberland was descommissioned in June as part of the government's strategic defence review - and some of her crew could be made redundant.

The type 22 frigate helped rescue British citizens from Libya.

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