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 "slug": "rfa-resurgent-keel-laid-appledore-fleet-solid-support-ships-reliant-resourceful-belfast",
 "title": "RFA Resurgent's Keel Is Laid at Appledore, First of Three Fleet Solid Support Ships",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-03T20:46:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-04T20:46:28.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAppledore, 3 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The keel was laid for RFA Resurgent, first of three Fleet Solid Support ships, at Navantia UK's Appledore yard in Devon\n * Sister ships are named RFA Reliant and RFA Resourceful; final assembly, integration and trials move to Harland and Wolff in Belfast\n * The UK government cites GBP 100 million invested in the shipyards and around 1,200 UK shipyard jobs plus hundreds of apprenticeships across the programme\n * The three ships enter servi",
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  "naval-defense"
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  "spain",
  "united-kingdom"
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