Defence Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan attended a ceremony at BAE Systems shipyard in Govan marking the first steel cut for the HMS Cardiff. The first steel was cut at a ceremony at the BAE Systems shipyard on the Clyde marking the start of construction of HMS Cardiff. The ship is one of ...
The HMS Glasgow is beginning to take shape as construction progresses on the Clyde. The HMS Glasgow, the first of the Navy’s next-generation frigates, is emerging in a BAE systems yard on the Clyde. The frigate is the lead ship in the new City-class, a successor to the Duke-class Type 23 ...
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has unveiled the name of one of the new Type 26 frigates as HMS Belfast during a trip to Northern Ireland. The Defence Secretary revealed the name at Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff, which built the Royal Navy’s last HMS Belfast, in 1938. The second to be ...
The first steel on the new Type 26 Frigates has been cut by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. During the ceremony, held at BAE Systems Shipyard in Glasgow, the Defence Secretary also revealed that the first ship will be named after the city where it is being built, Glasgow. The name is particularly ...