Boris Johnson’s new national flagship will cost the Ministry of Defence up to £250 million and will be at sea within the next four years, the defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace said the “jewel in the crown” of the UK’s national shipbuilding strategy would be British-made and would have a “British-led” design, leaving the competition open for a foreign company to be involved. SponsoredHe hailed a “renaissance” in shipbuilding in a speech in Greenwich as he briefed shipbuilders on the design and build competition for the vessel. Ben Wallace said the ship would be a “floating embassy” IAN WEST/PAWallace, who is also the shipbuilding tsar, also disclosed that it would be the “greenest ship of its kind”, with the use of sustainable fuels and materials. He said it would brim with the latest technology

Source: The Times July 28, 2021 12:11 UTC