Originally Posted by
ORAC
It’s not British steel in the Dreadnaught and I presume the same will be true for SSN-A. Australia will build most of their own apart from the reactor module anyway.
https://archive.ph/pK35s
The 4.6% of Steel from the UK mentioned in that article covers the critical first level Q1N forgings made by Sheffield Forgemasters Ltd, which is why the Govt took them into ownership a few years ago.
The French steel is mostly plate.