On 25 July 2007 the then Defence Secretary Des Browne, announced the £3.8bn order for the two new carriers.[7] On December 11, 2008, Defence Secretary John Hutton announced that the two ships would enter service one or two years later than the originally planned dates of 2014 and 2016.[8] The in-service date was further extended to 2020 in The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.[2] Construction of Queen Elizabeth is, as of 2010[update], well under-way.[9] The Queen Elizabeth class ships will be assembled in the Firth of Forth at Rosyth Royal Dockyard from nine blocks built in six UK shipyards; BAE Systems Surface Ships in Glasgow, Babcock at Appledore, Babcock at Rosyth, A&P in Newcastle, BAE at Portsmouth and Cammell Laird (flight decks) at Birkenhead.[10][11]
Number One dry dock at Rosyth has been modified to accommodate one of the Queen Elizabeth class vessels at one time.[12]
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