<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/11/BAE_systems_portsmouth.jpg"><h2>BAE systems portsmouth.jpg</h2>The Royal Navy's aircraft carrier <em>HMS Queen Elizabeth </em>being built in Portsmouth. A statement released by BAE Systems on Wednesday said: "Under proposals, shipbuilding operations at Portsmouth will cease in the second half of 2014."<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Chris Ison/PA Archive/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/11/HMS_St_Albans.jpg"><h2>HMS St Albans.jpg</h2><em>HMS St Albans</em>, the last of the Type 23 Duke class anti-submarine frigates to be built by BAE at the Scotstoun dockyard on the Clyde in 2001. <br><br>BAE Systems employs 4400 staff at its Portsmouth, Govan, Scotstoun, Rosyth and Filton yards but it announced on Wednesday that it will be cutting nearly half of its workforce (1775 jobs) due to a lack of orders. <br><br><strong>Photo: </strong><em>PA/PA Archive/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/11/Portsmouth_boat_building_.jpg"><h2>Portsmouth boat building .jpg</h2>The historic <strong>Portsmouth dockyard will close</strong> by mid 2014 but more than 1100 employees are being axed already. It has been a world-famous shipbuilding hub for centuries, building ships including King Henry VIII's <em>Mary Rose</em>. <br><br><strong>Photo: </strong><em>Rob Hawkins / Demotix/Demotix/Press Association </em><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/11/Duncan.jpg"><h2>Duncan.jpg</h2><em>Duncan</em>, the Type 45 Destroyer arrives at HM Naval Base Portsmouth. <em>Duncan</em> is the final ship built by BAE for the Royal Navy as part of a six-ship contract spanning a decade. <br><br>Shipbuilding in Portsmouth dates back to the 9th century.<br><br><strong>Photo:</strong> <em>Andrew Milligan/PA Wire</em><br><br><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/11/Queen_Mary_on_board_HMS_Queen_Elzabeth.jpg"><h2></h2>
