Type 26 Frigates: Iron and Steel
(asked on 21st June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) steel products used in the construction of the Type 26 frigate and (b) locations from which each of those steel products is sourced.
This question was answered on 24th June 2021
The information requested has been obtained from the Prime Contractor (BAE Systems) and is provided in the following table:
Type of steel | Source Country |
Thin plate | Sweden |
Thick plate > 20mm | UK |
Bulb | UK, Spain |
Angle Bar | UK |
Flat bar | UK, Sweden |
IPE beam | Luxemburg, Spain, Germany |
Other sections and plates | UK, EU sources |