Three RoyalNavy ships will be built in Belfast after HarlandWolffplc is part of a winning consortium for a £1.6bn contract
Three Royal Navy support ships are to be built in Belfast after a consortium led by Harland and Wolff was selected as the preferred bidder.
Team Resolute, a consortium comprising of BMT, Harland and Wolff and Navantia UK, would manufacture the support ships which will provide munitions, stores and provisions to the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers, destroyers and frigates deployed at sea. Blocks and modules for the ships would also be constructed in Belfast, with other work carried out at the company's North Devon site in Appledore and at Methil and Arnish in Scotland.
Harland and Wolff's chief executive, John Wood, said the team will make a significant investment into the UK.