Royal Navy redundancies revealed 30.09.11

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More than one thousand Royal Navy personnel are being told they are being made redundant in the first round of job losses, a third of them compulsorily.

Some 810 sailors applied for redundancy but only 670 of them are being allowed to leave.

The Daily Telegraph reported this week that Royal Navy personnel who risked their lives during the Libyan campaign - including crew members of HMS Cumberland were among those being cut.

The MOD has stressed that nobody deployed on operations, preparing for operations or on post-tour leave on the day redundancy notices are issued would be forced out of their job.

Royal Marines, who form part of the Navy, are exempt from the current tranche of redundancies.