RN Frigates: Type 26 City Class

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Glasgow shipyard expanding – public funding helps secure new ‘frigate factory’
Revised plan improves the city’s shipbuilding capacity
Clydeside skyline will be dramatically changed and shipbuilding reputation reasserted
The frigate programme or BAE’s business case could unravel if planning department stalls

All the above subjects are covered at - https://bylines.scot/business/glasgow-s ... RIAuTBORD8
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Royal Navy’s first Type 26 anti-submarine frigate HMS Glasgow will enter the water later this year, shipbuilding company BAE Systems has confirmed.


As disclosed, the information was confirmed as part of the BAE Systems’ report on half-year results for 2022 , announced on 28 July.

According to BSE, the Type 26 program “continues to progress with construction underway on the first three City Class Type 26 frigates. Preparations continue for the first of class, Glasgow, to depart our Govan shipyard and enter the water later this year.”

The company noted that the frigate will then transition to its Scotstoun shipyard where further outfit, test and commissioning will take place.

Furthermore, half of the major units of the second ship in the class, HMS Cardiff, are erected, while the third ship, Belfast, continues to progress after starting construction in June 2021.

HMS Glasgow is the first in a new generation of Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates, designed and built in the ship’s namesake city.

BAE Systems received a £3.7 billion contract back in 2017 for the construction of the first three vessels. However, the procurement of the Batch 2 Type 26 Frigates is expected to happen “in the early 2020s”, according to the UK Government.

Continues at - https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/08/03/u ... -confirms/

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Type 26 Frigate project update, first in water this year

BAE Systems has confirmed that HMS Glasgow, the Royal Navy’s first Type 26 frigate, is set to enter the water for the first time this year.

BAE Systems said in its half-year results:
“The Type 26 programme continues to progress with construction underway on the first three City Class Type 26 frigates. Preparations continue for the first of class, Glasgow, to depart our Govan shipyard and enter the water later this year.
She will then transition to our Scotstoun shipyard where further outfit, test and commissioning will take place. Half of the major units of the second ship in class, Cardiff, are erected, while the third ship, Belfast, continues to progress after entering manufacture in June 2021.”

Other maritime updates in the half-year results reports include:
See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/type-26 ... is-year-2/

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In focus: the 127mm Mk 45 gun that will equip the Type 26 frigates


When the first Type 26 frigate becomes operational it will introduce another gun type to Royal Navy service. BAE Systems’ renowned Mk 45 127mm (5-inch) gun is already proven with navies worldwide and will be a considerable upgrade on the existing medium calibre gun. Here we look at this weapon in detail.

Background
In naval use the, 5-inch gun are seen as having a good balance of firepower in relation to its size, typically installed on destroyers and as secondary armament for battleships. Apart from an ancient muzzle-loading cannon used in the late 19th century, the RN has not previously employed guns of exactly this size. The closest was the twin QF 5.25-inch Mark I gun (50 calibre) which was a dual-purpose anti-aircraft anti-ship weapon brought into service during the second world war.

Since the 1970s, the Vickers Mk 8 113mm (4.5 inch) 55-calibre gun has equipped the majority of RN surface combatants. This lighter mount replaced the twin QF Mark V 45-calibre guns (later renamed the Mk 6 ) which equipped most destroyers and frigates built in the 60s. After overcoming initial reliability issues, the Mk 8 has matured into a solid performer with a maximum rate of fire of 26 rounds per minute, firing a 36.5 kg HE ER (extended range) shell up to about 27.5 Km. The original Mod 0 mount was substantially upgraded to Mod 1 standard from 1998 with electric motors replacing most of the hydraulic actuators and servos, reducing weight and increasing safety and reliability. The round fibreglass gun shield was replaced by a more angular housing designed to reduce radar cross-section, its appearance giving rise to the nickname ‘Kryten’ after the mechanoid character in TV series Red Dwarf.

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After 18 months of negotiation, contract for second batch of 5 Type 26 frigates close to being agreed with BAES Maritime - deal likley to be signed when new PM is in place.

See photo at - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 0867843073
And - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... ing-ships/
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Massive barge arrives in Glasgow to move new frigate

The massive submersible barge, one of the largest in Europe, will carry Type 26 Frigate HMS Glasgow down the river before ‘floating’ her off in the deep waters of Glen Mallan.
According to Malin Group, the barge will initially be used to transport and ‘launch’ the Type 26 Frigates being built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy and then berthed on the Clyde and made available to industry as required, “catalysing further opportunities for the wider supply chain in fields including shipbuilding, civil construction and renewable energy”.
I went along to watch the barge arrive. Here’s the video.

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/massive ... rTCu_sk5hI
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BAES Maritime executive in Australia suggests HMS Glasgow will go into the water in October. (December was expected?)
See - https://www.australiandefence.com.au/ne ... gram-grows

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Thanks David , good to see progress and outwardly it appears to be proceeding to plan , but lets hope that there are no nasty surprises lurking around as seems only to common with " first of class" , which I think the Aussie was suggesting in the comments .
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HMS Glasgow crew meet ship’s sponsor the Princess of Wales for the first time

Personnel from the Royal Navy’s state-of-the-art frigate HMS Glasgow met the ship’s sponsor The Princess of Wales for the first time.

The Type 26 vessel is currently under construction at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Govan, Glasgow.

To date, fifteen sailors have joined the vessel, the first contingent of the eventual complement of 161 Royal Navy personnel.

The crew were invited to Windsor where they met with The Princess of Wales for the first time since her appointment as HMS Glasgow’s ship’s sponsor was announced in June last year.
See - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... s-of-wales
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Massive barge arrives in Glasgow to move new frigate

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/massive ... NsNptrBr0Y
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