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Furness Railway

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Founders Henry Schneider
Founded1844
SuccessorLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Track gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Track gaug4 ft 8+1⁄2 in standard gauge
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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The Furness Railway was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England.

Royal Navy investigates after official documents 'found in Wetherspoons'

Apr 29,2023 12:40 am

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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