Type 31: Babcock Signs £1.2bn Frigate Contract

Type 31: Babcock Signs £1.2bn Frigate Contract

The first vessel expected to be in the water by 2023.15th November 2019 at 4:35pm

Type 31e BAE design

The MOD expects to have five of the ships by 2028 (Picture: BAE Systems).

Defence company Babcock has confirmed it has been awarded a £1.25 billion deal to supply the Ministry of Defence with its fleet of Type 31 frigates.

In September, the owner of the Rosyth dockyard in Fife was named by the Prime…

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