The Queen Elizabeth-class carriers were built from sections produced around Britain. The diesel engines are identified as a possible exception among major components, although their country of manufacture is uncertain. Korean-built tankers are contrasted with the carriers: British yards were occupied with the carrier program and did not want to compete for that work. Clarke also alleges that the Fleet Solid Support builder wanted to move more work to Spain despite commitments to British construction. That dispute concerns where the ships are built, while buying a standard engine concerns the source of an individual component.
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Domestic warship construction and foreign standard components
British-built carrier sections are distinguished from imported machinery and the separate dispute over support-ship construction.