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Dockyard to mark HMS Ocelot's 50th anniversary

Chatham's Historic Dockyard will this weekend celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of the last vessel to built on site - the submarine HMS Ocelot. It effectively marked the end of shipbuilding at Chatham which started in the 16th Century.

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50th anniversary of HMS Ocelot

Submariners will gather this weekend to mark the launch half a century ago of the last Royal Navy warship built in one of the South's biggest dockyards. HMS Ocelot was launched from Chatham in May 1962 and ended a tradition of Navy shipbuilding stretching back 400 years.

The dockyard of course is now a major visitor attraction and is also launching a new exhibition about the golden age of steam, steel and submarines. Derek Johnson reports.

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