MoD confirms £320m contracts to service Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two contracts to service the Royal Navy’s domestic and international offshore patrol vessel fleets will cost £320 million, the Ministry of Defence has announced. We are securing a future for these versatile and important Royal Navy ships, delivering on our promises for sustained UK presence overseas Defence Secretary Ben Wallace A second contract for vessels patrolling UK waters has gone to BAE Systems in Portsmouth, with the deal worth £70 million over five years and set to sustain more than a dozen jobs. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: “Working closely with our industry partners, we are securing a future for these versatile and important Royal Navy ships, delivering on our promises for UK prosperity and sustained UK presence overseas. The majority of the support work for the ships will be carried out at sites across the world, with UK Docks — who already supports HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship — providing global engineering, technical and logistics support to secure spares, repairs and maintenance services.