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The first of the Royal Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) has been formally named at the BAE Systems Scotstoun shipyard, with Lady Sponsor Rachel Johnstone-Burt breaking a bottle of whisky over the bow. Named in honour of the Forth River, the new 90m OPV is due to start sea trials prior ...
The UK MOD has signed a contract with BAE Systems Maritime to provide two further Offshore Patrol Vehicles. The £287M contract was announced by Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin during a tour of the Govan shipyard which will construct the vehicles. Mrs Baldwin was at the yard to ‘cut the ...
Babcock International Group has been awarded a contract extension by Ireland’s Department of Defence, to provide a new Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) for the Irish Naval Service (INS). This is the fourth OPV, in the same class, to be built at Babcock’s Appledore shipbuilding facility in North Devon. The project will provide continuity of work at the Appledore facility for around ...
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