Construction begins on the 4th Type 26 frigate
On April 04, 2023, BAE Systems' Govan Shipyard in Scotland, cut the first steel of the fourth Type 26 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigate for the Royal Navy.
05 Apr 2023
On April 04, 2023, BAE Systems' Govan Shipyard in Scotland, cut the first steel of the fourth Type 26 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigate for the Royal Navy.
25 Nov 2022
The first Type 26 City Class frigate, HMS GLASGOW, has begun the float off process, which will see her enter the water for the first time.
15 Nov 2022
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a £4.2bn contract to BAE Systems to manufacture the next five City Class Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy in Glasgow.
16 Oct 2022
BAE Systems Naval Ships is preparing to ‘float off’ the first of the UK Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates at the end of this year.
29 Jun 2021
In a steel cut ceremony at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow, His Royal Highness, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, set the plasma cutting machine to work on the first plate of steel for the third Type 26 frigate, HMS BELFAST.
03 May 2021
The aft block of HMS GLASGOW, the first City-class Type 26 frigate being built for the Royal Navy, has been rolled out of the build hall to join the forward block at the BAE Systems shipyard on the River Clyde.
25 Jul 2020
Construction has begun on the 57th segment of the 8,000-tonne jigsaw which is HMS Glasgow, the first of eight Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy.
30 Jan 2020
HMS Glasgow – the first of the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates – is now more than half-way through construction at BAE Systems Govan shipyard.
11 Sep 2019
A main focus at DSEI on booth S1-350, Rohde & Schwarz will equip the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates with integrated communications systems, built around NAVICS, under a contract from BAE Systems.
15 Aug 2019
BAE Systems cut the first steel for HMS Cardiff, the second Type 26 City-class frigate for the Royal Navy, on August 14 2019.