The Type 26 frigate, also known as City-class frigate, is a class of frigates and destroyers being built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, with variants also being built for the Australian and Canadian navies. [9] The programme, known as the Global Combat Ship, was launched by the British Ministry of Defence to partially replace the navy's …

The Type 31 frigate, also known as the Inspiration class, and formerly known as the Type 31e frigate or General Purpose Frigate (GPF), is a class of five frigates being built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, with variants also being built for the Indonesian and Polish navies.The Type 31 is intended to enter service in the 2020s alongside the eight submarine-hunting Type 26 frigate and will ...

Designed to deter aggression and maintain the security of the UK’s interests, the Type 31 frigates will deliver a warship presence across the globe. Inspiration Class frigate. Statistics. displacement. 5,700 tonnes. length. 138.7 meters. speed. 26 knots. range. TBC. A new breed of frigate. Also known as Type 31 frigates, the Inspiration Class ...

Oct 9, 2024 · These frigates will play a significant role in protecting the UK and supporting international partnered defence operations. “This programme is a real demonstration of UK sovereign shipbuilding capability and is delivering positive economic impact within Scotland and in communities across the UK.

Babcock International was awarded the contract in November 2019 for the design and construction of five Type 31 frigates. The T31 frigates are being built and integrated at Babcock’s Rosyth facility, in Scotland. The T31 programme will support around 2,500 jobs in total, including 1,250 jobs across the wider UK supply chain.

1 day ago · Construction starts on UK’s third Type 31 frigate; UK: Keel laid for HMS Active, second Type 31 frigate ... Britain spent billions on new frigates in the last five years; More countries to buy Type 31 frigate design; Follow Naval Today on: Facebook. LinkedIn. Twitter. View post tag: Babcock View post tag: Babcock International View post tag ...

Apr 24, 2024 · The future HMS Glasgow – the first of eight Type 26 ASW frigates ordered by the UK Ministry of Defence – has now received both its bow mounted and towed array sonar systems, and is shortly to receive its MK 45 Mod 4 5-inch medium-calibre gun.

Feb 8, 2024 · The Babcock-led consortium was formally awarded the contract to build five new Type 31 frigates for the UK Royal Navy in November 2019. The whole ship critical design review for the Type 31 frigate was completed in April 2021. The names of the five next-generation Type 31 frigates for the Royal Navy, HMS Active, Bulldog, Campbeltown, Formidable ...

May 25, 2022 · The type 12I type 21 were frigates, small cheap 2500+ ton warships that were clearly a frigate/destroy sized small escort….but later frigates were chancing their arms at being frigates really ( yes I know it’s about purpose) but really from the type 22 batch 3s I think you could argue that RN frigates were really guided missile cruisers ...

May 15, 2024 · The frigates will be able to meet changing operational needs, ranging from anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, electromagnetic maneuver warfare and anti-air warfare. The construction of the first Type 31 frigate HMS Venturer started in April 2022, while the float-off is scheduled for the first half of 2024.