Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

H.M.S. VENTURER

First hull sections of lead Type 31 Frigate - HMS Venturer being brought into the construction hall (Venturer Building) at Rosyth.

See - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 1587480576

Hull of first Type 31 Frigate begins to take shape in Scotland


The hull of HMS Venturer, the first of the new Type 31 Frigates in build for the Royal Navy in Rosyth near Edinburgh, is starting to make progress.

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hull-of ... 1KsWzVKlF0

Navy Lookout


Type 31 / AH140 frigate now 1 of 2 options shortlisted for Polish Navy's MIECZNIK frigate programme.
Up against TKMS MEKO A-300.
Navantai F-100 eliminated.

Construction of 3 frigates at PGZ shipyard due to start 2023 with first delivered by 2028.

See - https://www.wojsko-polskie.pl/au/articl ... -miecznik/

UK Defence Journal

Here's the naval shipbuilding plan for Scottish shipyards for the period covering 2015 out to 2035, including the status of each programme. It is expected that 24 warships will be launched from Scottish shipyards during this period, including one export order.

VENTURER

Formal keel laying ceremony for the first Type 31 Frigate, HMS Venturer was held in Rosyth last week.
Specially commissioned coin placed under the keel by competition winner Josh Duffy (aged 7).
Photos at - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 1738780672

Pelican wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:08 pm VENTURER

Formal keel laying ceremony for the first Type 31 Frigate, HMS Venturer was held in Rosyth last week.
Specially commissioned coin placed under the keel by competition winner Josh Duffy (aged 7).
Photos at - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 1738780672

More details and photos here -https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... tes-begins

Pelican wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:30 pm

Pelican wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:08 pm VENTURER

Formal keel laying ceremony for the first Type 31 Frigate, HMS Venturer was held in Rosyth last week.
Specially commissioned coin placed under the keel by competition winner Josh Duffy (aged 7).
Photos at - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 1738780672

More details and photos here -https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... tes-begins

And - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/keel-la ... -venturer/
Link from Tim.

Pelican wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:12 pm

Pelican wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:30 pm

Pelican wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:08 pm VENTURER

Formal keel laying ceremony for the first Type 31 Frigate, HMS Venturer was held in Rosyth last week.
Specially commissioned coin placed under the keel by competition winner Josh Duffy (aged 7).
Photos at - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 1738780672

More details and photos here -https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... tes-begins

And - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/keel-la ... -venturer/
Link from Tim.

Also from Tim - https://www.autoevolution.com/news/roya ... 87508.html#

In focus: the Bofors 57mm Mk 3 gun that will equip the Type 31 frigates

The Type 31 frigates will introduce two guns types new to Royal Navy service. In the second of two articles examining these weapons, we look at the Bofors 57mm Mk3 gun.

Continues at - https://www.navylookout.com/in-focus-th ... -frigates/

A guide to Britain’s new frigate types
By George Allison - May 25, 2022
The Royal Navy will soon have three new frigate classes, namely the Type 26, Type 31 and Type 32 but how much do you really know about them? This brief guide should bring you up to speed on the basics.


We’re all familiar with the various frigate types being built for the Royal Navy but many of us, myself included, may not be fully ‘clued-up’ on specifics like the build schedule, unit cost etc. So, I wanted to find out.

To this end, I was given access to Shephard’s ‘Defence Insight’ service, a fantastic platform used by industry to evaluate the latest information, modelling and intelligence on almost every defence project in the world, from information on the concept down to build schedules. I’m not exaggerating, it really is that comprehensive.

Continues at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/a-guide ... 1y6nJUwjJg