One proposed programme would have kept Type 23 construction running until orders for the Type 45. Earlier versions of that transition pointed toward the Horizon frigate programme and, before it, NFR-90. The discussion recalls these successive plans while arguing for a larger common Type 23 fleet. Keeping heavily worked Type 22s for longer would not recover that lost production continuity.
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The proposed production link from Type 23 to later escorts
A planned continuation of Type 23 construction would have linked the frigate programme to the next generation of escorts.