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 ...

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 ...

HMS Cardiff is not unique. It's one of the eight new-generation submarine hunters the Royal Navy is slowly adding to its fleet. Still, out of all of them, it might become the most popular with the ...

Norway has formally announced it will purchase at least 5 Type 26 frigates to be built in the UK, an operation costing some 13,5 bn dollars. The announcement confirms what has been obvious for some ...

The UK has secured a £10bn deal to supply the Norwegian navy with at least five new warships. The agreement to provide Type 26 frigates will be the UK's "biggest ever warship export deal by value", ...

An artist's impression of the future Type 26 frigate. Norway is expected to acquire at least five of the type following a selection decision announced on 31 August 2025. (BAE Systems) The Norwegian ...

Construction on the U.K. Royal Navy's future HMS Birmingham has officially commenced at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow. Work on the first three Type 26 ships is well under way with HMS Glasgow ...

An artist's impression of all eight Type 26 frigates at sea. (Royal Navy/Crown Copyright) UK defence prime BAE Systems has been awarded a UK Ministry of Defence ...