# British Steel supplies steel for HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier

British Steel (formerly Tata Steel) in Scunthorpe supplied thousands of tonnes of steel for the construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's largest warship. The contract was awarded in 2008 and the ship was commissioned in December 2017.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-12-07
- Where: Scunthorpe, United Kingdom
- Value: $87.0M (65.0M GBP)
- Status: completed
- Products: steel for aircraft carrier
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [BAE Systems](https://endata.com/companies/4538.md) (customer)
- [Ministry of Defence](https://endata.com/companies/9956.md) (customer)
- [British Steel](https://endata.com/companies/18188.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk](https://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/news/queen-names-scunthorpe-made-battleship-890417), 2017-12-07: "The Queen today officially endorsed the skills of Scunthorpe steelworkers."

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