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RN Shipbuilding Programme 2005
28 August 2004
This page provides a quick "snapshot" summary of the RN's shipbuilding
programme as at August 2005.
| Table 1: MOD Naval Orders - By shipyard
at given dates |
| Shipyard(s) |
August 2005
|
August 2007
(Projected) |
August 2009
(Projected) |
|
DML
Appledore Shipbuilders, Devon
|
None |
None |
None |
|
BAE Systems Naval Ships, Govan and Scotstoun
|
LSD(A)s
|
Type 45 destroyers
|
Type 45 destroyers
CVF |
|
BAE Systems Submarines Business, Barrow-in-Furness
|
Astute submarines |
Astute submarines |
Astute submarines
CVF? |
| Swan Hunter, Tyneside |
LSD(A)’s |
None |
CVF? |
|
VT Shipbuilding, Portsmouth
|
N/A |
Type 45 destroyers |
Type 45 destroyers
CVF |
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Table 2: MOD Naval Equipment Acquisition Projects –
Future Projections |
|
Ship Class |
Builder(s) |
Displacement,
Full Load (tonnes) |
Number
Planned |
Main Gate
Year , actual or (planned) |
Number
ordered by 31 August 2005 |
Target
In-Service Date (First of Class) [1] |
Estimated
Project Budget |
|
Astute class SSN |
BAE Systems Submarines, Barrow |
About 7,000 (surface) |
8 |
1997 |
3 |
2009 |
£3.5 billion (first 3 units only) |
|
Type 45 Destroyer |
BAE Naval Ships, Govan and Scotstoun; VT Group, Portsmouth |
7,350 |
8 |
2001 |
3+3 |
2009 |
£5.5 billion (first 6 units only) |
|
Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) |
Swan Hunter, Tyneside; BAE Naval Ships, Govan |
16,160 |
4 |
2000 |
4 |
2007 |
Approx £400 million [4] |
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Future Aircraft Carrier |
Probably BAE Naval Ships; Swan Hunter, Tyneside; VT
Shipbuilding, Portsmouth; Babcock DES, Rosyth |
About 65,000 |
2 |
(2006) |
0 |
2012 [2] |
Approx £3.5 billion [4] |
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Military Afloat Reach & Sustainability |
? |
Up to 40,000 |
9? |
(2008) |
0 |
2011 |
Approx £2 billion [4] |
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OPV(H) |
VT Shipbuilding, Portsmouth; |
1,850 |
1 |
2004 |
0 |
2007 |
£30 million (lease arrangement) |
|
Medium-sized Vessel Derivative |
? |
About 7,350 [3] |
4 |
? |
0 |
2016 |
Approx £2 billion [4] |
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[1] The in-service date may be 6-12 months after the ship
was completed and delivered by the shipyard.
[2] A two year slippage is expected.
[3] Assuming a Type 45 hull.
[4] Unofficial estimate. |
Chart 1: MOD Naval Equipment Programmes from 2005 to 2020.
Schedules are illustrative only.
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