RN T45s to be diverted for Saudi order?
The question being, would Gordon then fund further options, or would they just exercise the existing ones, and cap the fleet at a total of 6?
The Independent: UK seeks £2bn Saudi destroyer contract
Britain is seeking to win a £2bn order from Saudi Arabia for the world's most advanced naval destroyer...... The Saudis are understood to be interested in buying two or three Type 45 destroyers to strengthen their defensive capabilities in the region.
One possibility would be for Saudi Arabia to take two of the Type 45s being built for the Royal Navy, which has ordered a total of six ships with the option to buy a further two.......