WASHINGTON -- After completing the critical design review stage, covering the overall structural integrity, safety, and risk minimisation, the UK’s Fleet Solid Support (FSS) program can now begin production. Manufacturing of the first FSS will now begin across different shipyards - Navantia in Cadiz, Spain, and Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland. All three FSS ships are expected to enter service by 2032. Notably, the majority of each FSS ship will be built in Cádiz.
FSS ships will deliver munitions, supplies, and provisions to the Royal Navy while at sea. The FSS vessels are 216 metres long, displace 39,000 tonnes, operate with a crew of 101, and can reportedly reach speeds of 19 knots. With the exception of aircraft carriers, the FSS ships will reportedly be the largest ships in the Royal Navy.
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