Type 31 Frigates: Procurement
(asked on 18th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what period of time is planned to elapse between the final Type 23 frigate being removed from service and the first Type 31 frigate coming into service.
This question was answered on 24th January 2022
On current plans, the last Type 23 frigate will transition out of service in 2035. The Royal Navy will start to take delivery of Type 31s from 2025, with all delivered by the end of 2028.