Comment from Ben9 Dec 2022 07:58
The bow and the middle sections if the ships will be made, on current planning, in Harland & Wolff at Belfast and Appledore in Devon, and indeed some work at Methil and Arnish yards in Scotland, potentially,” he claimed.
Mr Wallace said other work, such as making curtains, would be carried out with “UK-sourced equipment”.
“The aft, the back end of the ship, will be made currently in Spain and then - the ship is only one part, it’s the metal box - so what then is important is what goes in; gearings, engines, navigational aids, electrical power systems all the way up to lifeboats, life jackets and curtains, I suspect,” he said.
“In those big groups, those systems, we also suspect some - I don’t know, we will see this in the contracting - UK-sourced contracting as well.”
He added: “The whole ship will be built as one at Harland & Wolff in Belfast.”
The last paragraph is very important :)