Thank you for getting back and I now understand your post.
My thoughts are that these builds are progressing very well and the silence coming from all the gloom and dooms merchants is defeaning. I confess to having my doubts about manning levels but the construction is a seperate issue and going very well indeed.
I asked about the type 26 build as there was a lot of talk about whether Portsmouth still had the expertise to build these ships but to me it makes far more sense to build them here in England. Unfortunately if Scotland remains in the UK then will Portsmouth keep this ship building ability?