[Eric]

Originally Posted by cmonstanley

why o why are we making british workers redundant and then buy ships from korea you couldnt make it up.. Navy buys Korean to keep its ships fuelled: £452m contract for four tankers goes to the Far East | Mail Online

Seems there are things in the article that you skipped over. No British company submitted a final bid on the contract. All British warships will still be built in Britain. A question you might ask yourself is: Would a "new" Labor government have done it any different? I don't be thinking so.

Just done a quick check; seems like all new ships for the Royal Canadian Navy will be built in Canada ... of course, we rely on canoes and kayaks:


Halifax wins $25B shipbuilding contract | CTV News