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 ...

BAE Systems has begun construction of the fifth of eight Type 26 anti-submarine warfare frigates for the Royal Navy in a steel cutting ceremony at its Govan shipyard in Glasgow. This marks a milestone ...

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 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 ...

Type 26 to meet the Royal Norwegian Navy’s future frigate requirement will enable the two NATO navies to enhance their ...

This is the first of eight planned installations of the Mk 45 with the Ammunition Handling System on the U.K. Royal Navy's Type 26 frigates. This is the first installation of the Mk 45 and its ...

Prince William, the Earl of Strathearn speaks workers as he pays a visit to the BAE Systems shipyard to observe construction of HMS Glasgow, the Royal Navy's first City-class Type 26 frigate on June ...

The future HMS Glasgow under construction at BAE Systems' Govan yard in Scotland. (Richard Scott/NAVYPIX) UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace has confirmed that initial operating capability ...

The shipyard at Rosyth in Fife is expected to win a contract to build four frigates for the Danish navy, worth more than £1billion. The yard, run by British-based defence giant Babcock, is also one of ...

UK Royal Navy's (RN's) Type 26 City-class frigate Glasgow arriving in Scotstoun on 3 December 2022 following its launch. The ship is planned to enter service in the late 2020s. (BAE Systems) Work on ...