I do not understand what you said. French FREMM unit cost is 670M Euro = 583M GBP, excluding design cost, and T26 is estimated to be 730M GBP. So, T26 is 27% expensive than French FREMM. Not twice. Also, to buy FREMM with that cost, you may need to order it from France.inch wrote:So the upshot is we get 8 type 26 slightly more suitable for asw or we could have had 16 fremm for the same price or there abouts and not have to spend on type 31 or use money too up arm the fremm more or spend on something else needed ,people might say well its prob going to be best asw frigate but I'm sure France thinks there's is up to the job of protecting their navy ,just a thought
For your comparison, France is paying 9.5B Euro (=8.2B GBP) for 11 (9 FREMM and 2 FREDA), to my understanding. 3 more hulls, with only 200M GBP more cost. Yes, FREMM is more attractive I agree. (That is why I was against mission bays and 24 (not 16) VLSs). But, 11 hulls vs 8 hulls is 38% increase. In other words, if T26 is 30-40% capable than FREMM, it is flat.
I personally do not think T26 is 30-40% more capable than FREMM. But I do think British ship building industry is "a little" behind those of France (UK did not paid for it in the past), which I think taking up 15% or so. Then, is T26 15-25% more capable than FREMM? ....... Not bad, I guess ....