Originally Posted by
Ken Scott
Not too late to shift production to Portsmouth I hope...?!
In 2013 it was announced that shipbuilding in Portsmouth would cease; as of 2016 the former shipbuilding complex was being used for repairing
minehunters and other small craft.
BAE Systems, having subsumed Fleet Support Ltd, continues to manage ship repair and maintenance facilities around No. 3 Basin at Portsmouth.
A lot of people were laid off and have gone elsewhere, the skills have gone and you'd have to rebuild the yard from scratch pretty much. The Parker report in 2016 stated :-"BAES’ Govan and Scotstoun sites are the only UK shipyards currently used to design build and commission a sophisticated naval warship."
IIRC the list put up by Spartacan from 2013 was dividing up, or rather cherry-picking, from what was in service at the time s instead of 2 frigates they'll probably settle for one and no A 400's.