As these ships were built in the 1960s, on 18 July 1996 the British Ministry of Defence awarded a £450 million contract for their replacements to Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL) in Barrow-in-Furness.
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The value of the two Template:Sclass-s was highlighted during the Falklands War.  Not only did the ships transport troops and vehicles to the South Atlantic, the commanders of the landing operations at San Carlos were aboard HMS "Fearless", and once they arrived their flight decks were used to support airborne operations by helicopters and Sea Harrier jets. 
