The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) set out a number of key decisions for the UK Royal Navy. It confirmed the UK government's intent to build eight new anti-submarine warfare frigates, two further Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), and also committed the government to maintain a fleet of 19 frigates and destroyers, with the ambition to further increase this force by the 2030s through a new class of lighter, flexible, exportable General Purpose Frigates.
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