The second of an eventual eight-strong fleet of Type 26 frigates being manufactured for the UK Royal Navy is continuing its build at BAE Systems’ Clyde shipyards, with HMS Cardiff following the ...

The first of the Royal Navy's Type 26 City Class frigates, HMS Glasgow, has begun a very slow launch at BAE Systems' Govan shipyard in Scotland. Rather than sliding into the water with a dramatic ...

The Type 26 frigate programme, once hailed as a beacon of British naval innovation, has stumbled over a series of obstacles. These are not isolated incidents, but indications of wider failure which ...

The Duchess of Rothesay is welcomed to the naming ceremony along with her husband at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Scotstoun The Prince of Wales dubbed a new warship a “hell of a piece of kit” that ...

The Royal Navy seems to be unstoppable on its way to once again becoming one of the greatest naval powers in the world. In addition to reaching an incredible milestone last year, when it demonstrated ...

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The first Mk 45 Mod 4A naval gun system has been installed on Glasgow , the first of eight Type 26 frigates on order for the UK Royal Navy. (BAE Systems ) BAE Systems has begun integrating the first ...

Several modernization programs are currently being run by the Royal Navy, but few of them are as high-profile as the one centered around the new Type 26 frigates. This one is so important, in fact, ...

The Royal Navy's most advanced anti-submarine warfare warship is officially named HMS Glasgow. The naming ceremony at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales.

A steel cutting ceremony was held for the U.K. Royal Navy's third Type 26 frigate, HMS Belfast, with all three of the first batch of City Class frigates now under construction. Prince William, Duke of ...