List of active Royal Navy ships - Wikipedia
As of May 2024, there are 66 commissioned ships in the Royal Navy. Of the commissioned vessels, nineteen are major surface combatants (two aircraft carriers, six guided missile destroyers, nine frigates and two amphibious transport docks) and ten are nuclear-powered submarines (four ballistic missile submarines and six fleet submarines).
Navy goes forward with new HMS Birmingham as Type 26 ... - Royal Navy
Apr 4, 2023 · Work today got under way on the latest of the Royal Navy’s next-generation submarine hunters, a £840m warship which will carry the name and motto – Forward – of England’s second city around the globe for a quarter of a century.
HMS Formidable: Work begins on Royal Navy's newest warship …
Oct 10, 2024 · Work has begun on the Royal Navy's newest warship with the first steel cut on HMS Formidable – the latest Type 31 frigate being built for the Senior Service. Five in total will be constructed at Rosyth Dockyard in Fife and the new ship will take over the role currently being carried out by the Type 23s. HMS Formidable is the third ship in the ...
What ships and submarines are in the build pipeline for the Royal Navy?
May 15, 2024 · The Government has announced a programme of up to 28 ships and submarines being built, or in the pipeline, for the Royal Navy. Up to six new amphibious warships – part of the 28 – are for the Royal Marines and will be built in the UK, in what the Defence Secretary said represented a "golden age" for shipbuilding.
Type 26 frigate - Wikipedia
The Royal Navy's version of the Global Combat Ship is referred to as the Type 26 frigate. This will be equipped with the Type 997 Artisan 3D search radar and Sea Ceptor (CAMM) air-defence missiles launched via 48 vertical launching system (VLS) canisters.
Three new classes of vessels to join Royal Navy in 2027, 2028
Dec 24, 2021 · Three new classes of vessels are scheduled to enter the Royal Navy's fleet in 2027 and 2028, according to a report published by the UK’s House of Commons Defence Committee.
Six new amphibious warships to be built for Royal Marines ... - Royal Navy
May 14, 2024 · The Royal Navy will have up to six new state-of-the-art amphibious ships to bring the punch of the Royal Marines Commandos ashore wherever in the world they are needed. The new Multi Role Support Ships (MRSS) will replace HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, the Royal Navy’s current amphibious flagships which will remain in service until 2033/2034.
New Navy frigate makes first journey on giant barge - BBC
Aug 30, 2024 · The Royal Navy's newest Type 26 frigate has made its first journey down the River Clyde, carried by a giant barge. HMS Cardiff is the second of eight anti-submarine warfare ships being...
British shipyard awarded £4.2 billion to build Royal Navy ships
Nov 15, 2022 · Leading the Royal Navy’s anti-submarine warfare surface fleet, the five new City-class ships – HMS Birmingham, HMS Sheffield, HMS Newcastle, HMS Edinburgh and HMS London – will join...
City Class - Royal Navy
Also known as Type 26 frigates, the City Class will comprise of eight ships in total, with the first three (the HMS Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast) expected to enter the fleet before 2030. A further five ships (HMS Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Edinburgh and London) will join after 2030.