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A Royal Navy base has been dubbed 'HMS Collingrad' by sailors who say they are living in crumbling buildings with maggot-infested fridges.
Military personnel have slammed the 'absolutely horrendous' conditions plaguing HMS Collingwood, comparing it to Stalingrad, the Russian city reduced to ruins during the Second World War.
Sailors at the training centre in Fareham, Hampshire, say that morale has been brought to a new low after recent flooding meant servicemen had to cram together in cabins and sleep in recreation areas away from the damage.
It follows similar news last week about the living conditions of army pallbearers who carried the Queen's coffin.
HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Hampshire, has been blighted by flooding - proving to be the last straw for many sailors unhappy with its living conditions
Pictures show sailors living in cramped conditions in cabins away from the flooded area
Previously the base lost hot water and heating to its buildings for several weeks leading up to Christmas.
Sailors at HMS Collingwood say that as well as silverfish and maggots living on fridge freezers, they have to deal with broken showers and radiators, blocked and overflowing toilets, and fire alarms that sound continuously late at night.
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