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 ...

6 Apr 2023, 10:21 UTC &middot By: Daniel Patrascu / BAE Systems starts work on the fourth Type 26 frigate for the Royal Navy, the HMS Birmingham. Fleet is designed for anti-submarine warfare ...

Conceived as a less expensive general-purpose frigate to augment the Royal Navy’s future Type 26 anti-submarine warfare vessels, the Type 31 has since evolved into a capable full-spectrum platform.

The company’s Clyde operations were repeatedly highlighted in the report. BAE confirmed that “five ships are in build during ...

HMS Cardiff will be the last Type 26 to be consolidated in the open. (Richard Scott/NAVYPIX) BAE Systems Naval Ships in Glasgow is outsourcing steel work and introducing a new automated panel line ...

Last time we heard anything about the Type 26 program was about two years ago, when Prince William kicked off the build of a ship in this family called HMS Belfast. It was the third of its kind to ...

The manufacture phase for the Batch 2 frigates is planned to start in the first quarter of 2023 when the first steel will be cut for the future HMS Birmingham – the fourth ship of the class.

Ferguson Marine has signed a contract with BAE Systems to fabricate three structural components for HMS Birmingham as part of the Type 26 programme. It is expected that steel cutting will commence ...

The first of the Royal Navy's Type 26 City Class frigates, HMS Glasgow, has begun a very slow launch, which will see it shifted onto a special barge before being slowly lowered into the water in ...

Construction ‘under way’ for first five frigates Construction is already under way for the first five of eight Type 26 frigates with the ships at various stages of build.