[10] The name was selected to represent key themes that represent the future plans of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

Bulldog, named after the Second World War B-class destroyer HMS Bulldog (H91), which escorted convoys in the Atlantic, was chosen to represent operations in the North Atlantic.

Bulldog captured a German Enigma machine and associated codebooks that were on board U-boat U-110.

Its capture enabled British intelligence to decipher German naval messages.

[11] The plan for the Type 31 project envisages all five units of the class being in service by February 2030.