Originally Posted by
ORAC
The question would then be whether any of the Oz boats would be built at Barrow with a line then opened in Oz, or whether jigs and associated equipment would be transferred to Oz once boat. 7 gets past the stage they are required. In either case I would assume the reactors would all be built in the UK.
I guess the Australian construction companies could get on with building a replica of the facilities at Barrow whilst their engineers are trained in the UK by working on the remaining RN Astutes. Then when the jigs are free they’d be all set to start building their own. The steel used to make the hull is made to a classified specification by Sheffield Forgemasters, so maybe that will also have to made in the UK and shipped over.