Hospital Ships: Procurement
(asked on 21st January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a UK hospital ship would be classed as a complex warship and eligible for a restricted tender for UK shipyards for its construction.
This question was answered on 29th January 2019
In accordance with the National Shipbuilding Strategy, UK hospital ships procured by the Royal Navy are not warships.