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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Built in Govan, unwanted by a Sultan... and yours for £600m

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usThey have been languishing on the Clyde for years, the focus of a multi-million pound wrangle between a shipbuilder and a tiny royal state ruled by one of the world's richest men.

Now three coastal patrol frigates built for the Royal Brunei Navy between 2001 and 2004 at a cost of £600m are to be sold off to the highest bidder after a three-year dispute between BAE Systems and the Brunei government.

The offshore patrol ships, equipped with Exocet missiles and a rapid-fire gun capable of launching shells out to 10 miles, were completed at the company's Scotstoun yard and due to be handed over in 2004.

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