Web5 aug. 2024 · The vessel will be the first national flagship since Britannia, which was decommissioned in 1997, but it will be a ship rather than a luxury yacht and is aimed at boosting the Prime Minister’s post-Brexit vision of the UK as a global trading nation. The ship will be crewed by the Royal Navy and is expected to be in service for around 30 years. Web8 aug. 2024 · Fears are growing the Government could award the deal for a £250million “National Flagship” to a foreign firm – despite repeatedly pledging it would be manufactured in the UK. The new...
Britain to build new flagship to promote trade Reuters
Web8 nov. 2024 · 8 November 2024. The British Government has scrapped plans to build a national flagship yacht estimated to cost up to £250 million. Initial plans for the … Web30 mei 2024 · A new national flagship, the successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia, will promote British trade and industry around the world, Boris Johnson has said. The vessel … cpp hlaseni pojistne udalosti
Call for Portsmouth Naval Base home for new national flagship
Web15 mrt. 2024 · We have launched a competition to build a national flagship—the first ship of its kind to be built and commissioned in Britain—and last September we opened up the National Shipbuilding Office, a pan-governmental organisation that reports directly to the shipbuilding inter-ministerial group, is chaired by the shipbuilding tsar and is driving … Web2 jun. 2024 · “This new national flagship will be the first vessel of its kind in the world, reflecting the UK’s burgeoning status as a great, independent maritime trading nation.” We are still a great trading nation, set in a silver sea, but to trade in the 21st Century requires an acceptance that one cannot also be independent and aloof. Web11 sep. 2024 · Boris Johnson’s national flagship to showcase “the best of British” could end up being designed by foreigners. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is using a national security exemption in World... cpp grosuplje