Mk45 Main Gun System Fitted aboard First Royal Navy Type 26 Frigate
The Royal Navy announced that the first Mk45 next-generation gun has been installed on the first of the Type 26 next-generation frigate.
10 Sep 2024
The Royal Navy announced that the first Mk45 next-generation gun has been installed on the first of the Type 26 next-generation frigate.
30 Aug 2024
HMS Cardiff, the second of eight Type 26 City Class frigates BAE Systems is building for the Royal Navy, is entering water for the first time.
15 Aug 2024
Rolls-Royce announced that its Mission Bay Handling System (MBHS) was selected for Batch 2 of the UK Royal Navy’s Global Combat Ship variant, the Type 26 City-class frigate.
24 Apr 2024
BAE Systems Naval Ships business in Glasgow is continuing to progress the outfit of the lead Type 26 ASW frigate for the UK 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.