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Royal Navy has a rear-admiral for every frigate and destroyer

The cash-strapped Royal Navy has a £100,000-a-year rear-admiral for nearly every one of the 25 destroyers and frigates in the surface fleet, the Herald can reveal.

The cash-strapped Royal Navy has a £100,000-a-year rear-admiral for nearly every one of the 25 destroyers and frigates in the surface fleet, the Herald can reveal.

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