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WOMEN will be allowed to serve on UK submarines for the first time, it was revealed yesterday.

The first 20 female submariners will sail on Vanguard-class subs carrying Trident nuclear missiles.


But allowing women on submarines could lead to sex scandals, it was claimed last night.


Some Navy chiefs fear Wrens and male sailors living together in close quarters will break strict "no touching" rules.


Initially, five women officers will be deployed with each of the four Vanguard-class nuclear subs' 135-strong crew. But a naval source said last night: "There is concern over what might happen.


"If there was a sex scandal it would be impossible for anyone to be taken off until the sub returned from its three-month patrol. The Navy will go to great lengths to make sure that the first women are officers with impeccable credentials."



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