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Type 23 Frigate

Volume 473: debated on Thursday 13 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the outturn cost was of each Type 23 frigate in (a) cash and (b) constant 2007 prices; and who the manufacturer was of each. (192989)

The following table shows the original hull costs of each Type 23 frigate and those same values estimated at 2007 prices. Other costs, such as those for Government furnished equipment, are not held centrally for each ship and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The table also shows the hull manufacturer for each of the Type 23 frigates and

the date each ship was commissioned.

Ship

Original Hull cost (£ m)

2007 Price (estimated) (£ m)

Manufacturer

Commissioned date

HMS Argyll

118.95

175.70

Yarrow Shipbuilder Ltd

1991

HMS Lancaster

119.71

170.82

Yarrow Shipbuilder Ltd

1992

HMS Iron Duke

109.77

151.10

Yarrow Shipbuilder Ltd

1993

HMS Monmouth

111.66

153.70

Yarrow Shipbuilder Ltd

1993

HMS Montrose

117.29

157.55

Yarrow Shipbuilder Ltd

1994

HMS Westminster

112.68

151.35

Swan Hunter

1994

HMS Northumberland

114.73

154.10

Swan Hunter

1994

HMS Somerset

114.14

143.71

Yarrow Shipbuilder Ltd

1996

HMS Richmond

116.20

150.25

Swan Hunter

1995

HMS Portland

92.06

109.01

Marconi Marine

2001

HMS Sutherland

143.58

175.81

Harrow Shipbuilder Ltd

1997

HMS St Albans

106.82

124.99

BAE Systems

2002

HMS Kent

108.42

128.26

Yarrow Shipbuilder Ltd

2000

HMS Norfolk

112.03

174.41

Yarrow Shipbuilder Ltd

1990

HMS Grafton

115.56

141.50

Yarrow Shipbuilder Ltd

1997

HMS Marlborough

118.43

174.93

Swan Hunter

1991