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A very different River Tyne as HMS Ark Royal sits ready for launch 40 years ago
Launched at Wallsend s Swan Hunter in 1981, both the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and the shipyard which built her have since been consigned to history
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Swan Hunter at Wallsend: 130 years of shipbuilding excellence on the River Tyne
As new life is set to be breathed into the the site of the former Swan Hunter yard at Wallsend, we outline the story of the world-renowned Tyneside shipbuilder
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