Patrol Craft

(asked on 4th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department classifies River-class Offshore Patrol Vessels as warships.


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This question was answered on 9th July 2018

The National Shipbuilding Strategy (paragraph 92) defines Royal Navy Warships as destroyers, frigates and aircraft carriers. For the purposes of shipbuilding, all other naval ships are not classified as such.

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