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Royal Navy investigates after official documents 'found in Wetherspoons'
By Malu CursinoBBC News
The Royal Navy says it is investigating after documents marked " official sensitive" were reportedly found in a Wetherspoons pub Toilet .
The files carried details about Hms Anson - One of The navy's most advanced vessels.
The Paper says The files were left in The Furness Railway pub in Barrow-in-Furness, with a source saying they were found on The floor of a Toilet cubicle.
The navy said they were " generic" papers with no Classified Information .
In a statement, The Royal Navy spokesman: " These are generic training documents that carry no Classified Information .
" However, we take all security matters extremely seriously and will investigate The circumstances of their discovery. "
The Bbc has not seen The documents.
Hms Anson is a nuclear-powered Attack Submarine , which was built at The Bae Systems ' shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, very close to The pub where materials were found.
The 97m-long (318ft), 7,800 tonnes, nuclear-powered vessel is The fifth of The new Astute-class attack submarines to join The Navy fleet.
According to The Ministry of Defence, Astute-class submarines are " The largest, most advanced and " most powerful" attack submarines ever operated by The Navy - and Anson is capable of circumnavigating The globe without resurfacing.
The hunter-killer vessel is is now at His Majesty's Naval Base in Clyde, Scotland.
A source told The Sun that The files were discovered on The floor of a cubicle on what was " quite a lively night".
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