Five more Type 26 frigates will be built for the Royal Navy, the Prime Minister has announced. Defense manufacturer BAE Systems has been awarded a £4.2 billion contract to build the five warships ...

Work got underway on the latest of the Royal Navy’s next-generation submarine hunters, a £840m Type 26 frigate warship which will carry the name and motto – Forward – of England’s second ...

The Royal Navy's newest frigate, HMS Glasgow, has taken its first trip down the River Clyde. The Type 26 frigate was moved on to a specialist barge from the Govan yard where she was built and then ...

The Royal Navy is transitioning from the current model, the Type 23 frigate, over to more advanced and modernised Type 31 and Type 26 models. Baroness Annabel Goldie, a Conservative peer ...

Two Royal Navy Petty Officers got to grips with a new gun which will be fitted to the Type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow. PO Dave Strachan and 'Tiny' Sanderson were involved in the trials. | Royal Navy ...

However, the Royal Navy continues to ensure that it has sufficient assets available to deliver operational outputs." The last five of the eight Type 26 frigates are being built by BAE Systems ...

Such value for money, some argue, might even tempt the Royal Navy to bolster its surface fleet by increasing the order. The last big frigate order - for the Type 26 - was announced in the summer ...

The Royal Navy's new shipbuilding strategy aims to regain maritime prominence with the construction of five Type 31 frigates. These Inspiration-class vessels are designed as versatile, general ...

The Type 26 frigate programme will see eight City-class ... Type 31 frigates are also being developed for the Royal Navy, with construction work to build HMS Venturer, Active, Formidable, Bulldog ...

This is the first of eight planned installations of the Mk 45 with the Ammunition Handling System on the U.K. Royal Navy's Type 26 frigates. This is the first installation of the Mk 45 and its ...

The Type 31 Inspiration-class is a general-purpose vessel intended to replace the Royal Navy’s Type 23 Duke-class frigates, which Babcock will also maintain until the replacement is complete. UK ...