• HMS Venturer and HMS Active are fitting out in drydocks, while Formidable and Bulldog progress in the assembly hall.

  • The £1.25 billion Type 31 programme, based on Denmark's Arrowhead 140 design, sustains around 2,500 jobs and 400 apprenticeships.

  • The programme's future depends on whether the planned Common Combat Vessel uses the Type 31 hull and is built at Rosyth.