This plan was officially abandoned on 19 June 2008 when the Minister for the Armed Forces, Bob Ainsworth, announced in Parliament that options for the seventh and eighth destroyers would not be taken up.
Denne holdning blev ændret den 19. juni 2008 da forsvarsminister Bob Ainsworth bekendtgjorde i det britiske parlament at optionen på den 7. og 8. destroyer ikke ville blive benyttet.