the Defense Secretary outlined that one of Britain’s new cutting-edge Type 26 frigates will be called HMS Birmingham, becoming the fourth Royal Navy ship to bear that name. The 6,900-tonne ...

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 ...

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 ...

Royal Navy Type 23 frigates are due to be replaced by two classes of modernised warships. The Type 26 frigate programme will see eight City-class vessels built by BAE Systems’ engineers in Scotland.

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 Deputy Head of the Directorate of Operational Capability and as a desk officer for the Future Surface Combatant project (now Type 26 frigate). He has also instructed at the Maritime Warfare School ...

Significant questions remain over whether the still-invisible Type 32 programme can survive the UK government’s upcoming Budget and the Strategic Defence Review. The fate of the next generation of ...