She was also the first of this class to be scrapped (in 1984) whilst most of the other sailed on until the late 1990's. A sorry tale indeed - the decline of UK shipbuilding is a complex subject brought about by a number of factors not confined to labour troubles. For further information on the building of the Jervis Bay and her Germany-built sisters suggest reading Marshall Meek's (who headed up the design of this class and the later Liverpool Bay-class) autobiography published a couple of years ago.
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