Originally Posted by
rattman
Apparently RAN was so impressed by it that they then ordered 2 of them (Supply and Success) instead of keeping the 2 old ones
They didn't have the option of keeping the two old ones. They were nigh-on 35 years old and knackered. Not to mention being non-compliant with current regulations.
What Navantia / Spanish government did do was to give them an incentive.