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Building the fictional Type 46 export fleet

Britain would build its own eighteen ships and probably several exports, although Australian and Dutch yards could compete for orders and regional maintenance.

Question

Where would the many Type 46 cruisers ordered in this alternate-history setting be built?

Short answer

Britain would build its own eighteen ships and probably several exports, although Australian and Dutch yards could compete for orders and regional maintenance.

Notes

The alternate-history scenario assumes eighteen Type 46 cruisers for Britain, four each for Australia and Canada, two each for New Zealand, Brazil, and the Netherlands, and three for the Philippines. Britain would build its own eighteen ships and probably the New Zealand and Brazilian orders. Some Canadian or Australian ships could also be British-built, while the Philippine order could go to Britain or the Netherlands. Australian construction is suggested for New Zealand and the Philippines, although Britain's much larger production run could offer lower prices. Australia could instead secure regional maintenance work, potentially including British ships stationed in the Far East. The maintenance contract is judged more attractive than the initial construction order. These allocations concern the fictional program's industrial logic.