Warships
Defence
Julian Lewis (Shadow Minister, Defence; New Forest East, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contracts have been signed in respect of the construction of new (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels since May 1997.
Quentin Davies (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence; Grantham and Stamford, Labour)
Construction contracts for 15 surface ships and submarines have been signed since May 1997. Details are provided in the following table:
| Type of vessel | Name of vessel | |
| 2000 | Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) | Largs Bay |
| Lyme Bay | ||
| 2000 | Echo Class Survey Vessels | Echo Enterprise |
| 2000(1) | Type 45 Destroyer | Daring |
| Dauntless | ||
| Diamond | ||
| Dragon | ||
| Defender | ||
| Duncan | ||
| 2001 | Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) | Mounts Bay |
| Cardigan Bay | ||
| 2007 | Astute Class Submarine | Audacious |
| 2008 | Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers | Queen Elizabeth |
| Prince Of Wales | ||
| (1 )The Type 45 contract was re-negotiated in 2007. | ||