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Navantia lays keel of Spain's second F-110 frigate, starts third hull

Navantia laid the keel of Spain's second F-110 frigate, Roger de Lauria, and began building the third, Menendez de Avilés, at Ferrol on 25 April 2025, within a EUR 4.325 billion, five-ship programme ordered in 2019.

Reported AI-drafted European Security & Defence, 29 April 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish that the delivery schedule for the remaining hulls has moved, only that two further ones have started.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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