Yes Norman , a Long Stand ,I was apprentice to Eddie Nesbitt he was excellent as trademark and patient as a teacher as Shipwright liner off.
And a further point am pensionable age I left yards in 1983 after working from start to finish om Illustrious and Ark Royal both scrapped after costly refurbishment they could have mothballed and re entered service for the likes of now.
Peter Cooke is right ships could be built at AP,
Where I was in 1975 with Eddie on a Russian tanker.