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Thursday, November 13, 2014

MoD considers pulling £4bn Clyde frigate contract

Type 26 class GCSThe Ministry of Defence has admitted it is considering abandoning its promise to build the new type 26 frigates on the Clyde and instead seek an alternative from abroad, the head of Royal Navy has admitted.

With the MoD and defence contractor BAE in the midst of a dispute over terms of the contract for the frigates there has been speculation the UK could purchase French warships instead and Scotland would lose out on a £4 billion contract while the ship building industry could collapse potentially costing more than 11,000 jobs.

If the Royal Navy goes abroad for warships it will be the first time it has done it in peace time and would break a key pledge made to Scottish voters by the UK government during the referendum that the new frigates would be built on the Clyde.

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1 comment:

  1. michael13/11/14 10:00

    It appears that the Scotman is either inept in it's reporting, or thought this would sell a few more papers. The following rebutal of these claims was published in the Telegraph yesterday.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...shipyards.html

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