MoD signs deal for construction of new naval ships in Scotland
HUNDREDS of jobs have been protected after the Ministry of Defence signed a £287m deal for two more Royal Navy ships to be built on the Clyde.
The two offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) will be built at the BAE Systems Govan shipyard before being floated to Scotstoun to be fitted out.
Civic leaders including Portsmouth North MP Penny Mordaunt previously led calls for the OPV programme to come to the city to fill a ‘construction gap’ at Portsmouth’s shipyard from 2014 – prior to the announcement the facility would be closed.