A number of defence and university related jobs could be lost at sea as the Royal Navy consider moving a prominent training vessel to Edinburgh.
The HMS Archer, currently docked in Aberdeen, provides training for Aberdeen University's Royal Navy Unit.
The unit was one of the first of its kind in the UK, and set up in 1967.
The 65-ft boat has been confirmed to be in the government's defence spending review, potentially putting 50 North-east jobs at risk.
On board the vessels, students in training take part in practical "man-overboard" exercises, navigation training, and experience what it's like on a real deployment by cooking meals for 17 other people and taking 4 hour sleeping shifts.
A Royal Navy spokesman said that no decision has yet been made.
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