The aircraft carrier was repaired by Babcock at a drydock in Scotland and was this week returned to the Navy.īabcock is “hopeful” of more orders for the Type 31 ships from international buyers after purchases from the UK and Poland, Mr Lockwood said.

The currently deployed Type 45 Destroyer has been beset by engine trouble and one of the Navy’s two aircraft carriers, the HMS Prince of Wales, has been out of action after blowing a propeller shaft. The Type 31 commission is seen as a major test for the UK’s ability to deliver a large naval project on time, on budget and without problems emerging later on. Some parts of the ships for the Royal Navy will be constructed in Poland with final assembly then carried out at a yard operated by Babcock in Rosyth, north of Edinburgh, albeit a very small percentage in value terms. Construction began on the second, HMS Active, in January. HMS Venturer, the first Type 31, is scheduled to be structurally complete in December. Mr Lockwood said everything was “on track” to deliver the first warship next year.

The precise value of the overrun will become clearer over the next financial year, the company said, since “design activities will be finalised and the construction of the first ship will be substantially complete”.

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