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Saturday, October 11, 2014

First Steel cut on £348M Royal Navy Warship Contract


Steel was cut today for the first of three new Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) at a ceremony in Glasgow attended by the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Chief of Defence Materiel.

The vessels, which will be used by the Royal Navy to undertake various tasks in support of UK interests both at home and abroad, will be built at BAE Systems’ shipyards in a contract that has protected more than 800 Scottish jobs.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said: “This multi-million-pound contract will benefit the dedicated workers of the Clyde, their families and the local economy in Glasgow.

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