Royal Navy's Type 31 Frigates: A New Era of Naval Power Begins It has been quite some time since the Royal Navy ruled the waves. But now, under a new shipbuilding strategy, the United Kingdom ...

With a blinding arc of light as the laser cutter sliced through steel plate, work started this week on the Royal Navy’s new ...

The Type 31 represents the very best of British ... Mr Wallace said Venturer offered a glimpse of the future Royal Navy. “These frigates will form the fulcrum of a formidable future force ...

The race to design and build a new generation of Royal Navy frigates has been won by engineering firm Babcock. It has been named preferred bidder for the £1.25bn contract for five Type 31 warships.

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 ...

Scottish shipyards have orders to build a total of 13 Royal Navy frigates. Eight Type 26 ships are being constructed by BAE Systems on the Clyde, while five Type 31 vessels are being built by ...

The production of the Royal Navy’s future hi-tech frigates has reached a “significant milestone” as steel was cut on the third vessel. All five of the Type 31 warships will be built in ...

The design has also been sold to Indonesia for their own frigate production. Royal Navy's Senior Responsible Owner for the Type 31 programme, Commodore Stephen Roberts, said: “This is a ...

Politicians have addressed the future of a Royal Navy frigate and other warships of her class. A written question was raised in parliament about when HMS Lancaster will retire from the active ...

The Royal Navy started work on its third Type 31 Inspiration-class frigate. Named HMS Formidable, the third warship of the class is being built in Rosyth, Scotland, alongside the HMS Venturer and ...