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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

No more drunken sailors? Navy to restrict alcohol in health kick on ships

The Royal Navy has ordered sailors to abstain from alcohol for at least two days a week in a recent crackdown on boozing aimed to meet the government’s health targets.

Based on advice from military doctors, crews will be restricted to 14 units of alcohol per week, the equivalent of around six pints of beer, and ships will be dry on certain days.

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