Royal Navy set to house sailors on Bibby Stockholm-style barge in bid to cut costs
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THE Royal Navy is set to house sailors on a barge like the Bibby Stockholm in a bid to save cash.
Top brass leased a 100-room 'floatel' months after Labour axed a deal with Bibby Stockholm claiming it was not fit for people.
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The Royal Navy is set to house sailors on the Sans Vitesse barge
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Top brass leased the 100-room 'floatel' months after Labour axed a deal with Bibby Stockholm claiming it was not fit for people
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The crew of flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth are moving to the Sans Vitesse barge when the ship goes in to dock for repairs.
Labour had slammed the Bibby as a 'miserable and dangerous prison ship'.
MPs warned conditions could breach migrants' human rights and it was decommissioned in November.
Critics slammed the move over Dutch-flagged Sans Vitesse in Rosyth, Fife, as 'terrible'.
The MoD said: 'Ministers have asked for other options.
"We will ensure accommodation is suitable.'
A source said: 'This is the most economical option.
'It means the sailors on watch can live right next to HMS Queen Elizabeth, so there is no commuting, and the chefs can still work as chefs in the galley of the Sans Vitesse, so they remain gainfully employed.'
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