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Sea Power, Feb 2004
Early in December 2003, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon confirmed that the Royal Navy would decommission a number of major surface combatants from its fleet to overcome a $2.04 million deficit in operational costs for 2004.
The ships that are candidates for decommissioning include two Type 23 Duke-class frigates, HMS Norfolk and HMS Iron Duke, and the three Type 42 (Batch I)-class destroyers, HMS Cardiff, HMS Glasgow, and HMS Newcastle.
Possible new homes for the decommissioned vessels include Argentina, Bangladesh, Thailand, Brazil, Ecuador, Portugal, and Chile. Chile would have to be considered the leading candidate for the two Type 23s, as Britain attempts to entice the Chilean Navy to select BAE Systems for the South American nation's ongoing Proyecto Fragata Program.
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