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<p>HMS LANCASTER is presently alongside in Portsmouth and is maintained with a minimal
Ship's Company on board until her refit.The Royal Navy has determined that HMS LANCASTER
is not required as a training platform ahead of her refit, therefore a number of her
Ship's Company have been redeployed in support of operational units and tasks.</p><p>Such
planned programming enables the Royal Navy to optimise the use of its ships and personnel
through the operational cycles. The normal operating cycle of every ship includes
periods of low readiness, and a number of ships will enter periods of 'low' or 'very
low' readiness depending on their programmes and departmental planning requirements.
It remains Ministry of Defence policy not to publish details of the readiness states
of individual Royal Navy vessels for reasons of safeguarding national security.</p>
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