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<p>Her Majesty's Government announced the preferred bidder for the Type 31 General
Purpose Frigate competition in September 2019 and looks forward to the contract award
in due course. These five ships will replace the existing five General Purpose Type
23 Frigates.</p><p>As explained in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015
and in the National Shipbuilding Strategy, we remain committed to a surface fleet
of at least 19 frigates and destroyers, and the Royal Navy will continue to have the
ships it requires to fulfil Defence and policy commitments. It remains our intent
to grow the destroyer and frigate force by the 2030s, and the Type 31 Frigates will
give us the opportunity to do this.</p>
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