Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
(asked on 6th July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of support ships needed for the UK's Carrier Strike Group to achieve Carrier Enabled Power Projection.
This question was answered on 9th July 2020
The size and composition of a UK Carrier Strike Group will be set by the deployment requirements as determined during operational planning. The associated support ships will deliver food, stores, ordnance and fuel in support of the Carrier Strike Group, facilitating Carrier Enabled Power Projection. Under current plans the inaugural Carrier Strike Group will be supported by a replenishment ship and a tanker.