Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
(asked on 17th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Departments planned timescale for the design and construction of the Fleet Solid Support Ships beginning with the awarding of the contract to the Team Resolute consortium in November 2022.
This question was answered on 20th July 2023
On current plans, construction of the Fleet Solid Support ships will begin in 2025 with the first ship expected to enter service in 2031, and all three ships in operational service by 2032, which will deliver the Full Operating Capability for the Fleet Solid Support programme.