Type 26 frigates to cost British taxpayers £12 billion

The Royal Navy will likely spend around £12 billion to build 13 Type 26 frigates to replace the Type 23.

Type 26 Frigate
By BAE (BAE public information video) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The figure was put up by Rear Adm Alex Burton, the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Ships) , at the DSEI defense exhibition in London.

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