Rosyth

Rosyth (pronounced Ross-sythe) (Scottish Gaelic: Ros Saoithe) is located on the Firth of Forth on Scotland's east coast, a mile (1.6 km) south of Dunfermline and approximately 12 miles (19 km) north west of Edinburgh.

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The area is best known for its large dockyard, formerly the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth, construction of which began in 1909. The town was planned as a 'garden city' with accommodation for the construction workers and dockyard workers. Today, the dockyard is almost 1,300 acres (5 km²) in size, a large proportion of which was reclaimed during construction.

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Rosyth's dockyards became the very first in the Royal Navy to be privatised when a company named Babcock International acquired the site in 1997. The privatisation followed almost a century of contribution to the defence of the United Kingdom which spanned two World Wars and the Cold War with Russia (during which Rosyth became a key nuclear submarine maintenance establishment).

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A daily overnight ferry service links Rosyth with Zeebrugge in Belgium.

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Scotland: :For other uses, see Scotland (disambiguation). See also British Isles (terminology)....

Edinburgh: Edinburgh (pronounced ), D?n ?ideann () in Scottish Gaelic, is the second-largest city in Scotland and is the country's capital city....

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