According to a press release published by Babcock on September 23, 2021, the aerospace, defense, and security company, was joined by UK Secretary of State for Defence and Shipbuilding Tsar, Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP to cut the first steel for the first of the Royal Navy’s five new Type 31 frigates, HMS VENTURER.
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| Artist rendering of the Type 31 frigate (Picture source: Twitter account of AC_NavalHistory) |
