RN Frigates: Type 26 City Class

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Begin Belfast: Prince William starts construction of third new Type 26 frigate

There are now three Type 26 frigates under construction after the Duke of Cambridge set the cutters to work on HMS Belfast.
The Queen’s grandson pressed the button on hi-tech machinery at BAE Systems’ Govan yard and lasers began to move across the first steel plate for the £1.2bn warship.
And he revealed that his wife will be the official patron of HMS Glasgow – the first ship in the class which is nearing completion in the same shipyard – promising the Duchess of Cambridge would visit for the frigate’s naming ceremony to give her blessings to the ship and all who sail in her.
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Royal Navy’s Type 26 Frigates to be equipped with cruise missiles by 2028

In an encouraging statement to Parliament this week, it was revealed that the Type 26 frigates will be equipped with the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FCASW) from 2028. This confirms there has been positive progress with the FCASW project and the RN will be able to field a ship-based land-attack and much-improved anti-shipping capability sooner than expected.

The MoD says the Anglo-French FCASW programme is due to complete the Concept Phase this month. This work includes operational analysis, technical studies and initial design to refine user requirements and better understand the options available. A ‘business case’ will be presented to ministers for consideration before entering the Assessment phase. So far the MoD has spent £95M on the project, with the French contributing a similar amount.

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I have made an approach on behalf of the HMS Belfast Association to the RN to help us establish a relationship with the new HMS Belfast under construction, and later in commission. the response has been warm and enthusiastic, so fingers crossed.
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Good Luck with that Tim , keep us posted ........ :)
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Type 26 Global Combat Ship Capabilities

The Type 26 Global Combat Ship will replace the Type 23 frigate as the workhorse of the Fleet, undertaking the Royal Navy's three core roles - warfighting, maritime security and international engagement.

It is probably fair to say the Royal Navy Type 26 Global Combat Ships will be extremely capable, equipped with a variety of state of the art systems.

Table of Contents
1. De-Risking the Type 26
2. General Arrangements
3. Major Equipment
4. Summary

The full comprehensive article containing images and videos is at:
https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/type-26- ... abilities/

Link from Tim.
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Royal Navy frigate programme update

Here we summarise recent news and developments concerning the Royal Navy’s future frigate programmes.

See - https://www.navylookout.com/royal-navy- ... XZHCGt1awU

The ultra-quiet gearboxes were developed and built especially for the Type 26 frigate by David Brown Santaslo in Huddersfield.
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Funding allocated for next batch of Type 26 Frigates

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that resources have been allocated for the next batch of five Type 26 Frigates to be ordered on the Clyde.
It’s also understood that a signfiicant number of long-lead items have been ordered for the last 5 of 8 Type 26 Frigates. In addition, work is soon to start on the build of five Type 31 Frigates at Rosyth.
The information came to light in response to a written question submitted in the House of Lords.
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Type 26 Frigates: Navy's City-Class Explained

The Royal Navy's Type 26 frigates, set for delivery in the coming decade, are already being dubbed the workhorses of the warship fleet.

See - https://www.forces.net/news/technology/ ... 6-frigates

Attached - main mast of Glasgow being lifted into place recently.
Expected to be floated out early next year.
Sea trials 2024.
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Pelican wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:09 am Type 26 Frigates: Navy's City-Class Explained

The Royal Navy's Type 26 frigates, set for delivery in the coming decade, are already being dubbed the workhorses of the warship fleet.

See - https://www.forces.net/news/technology/ ... 6-frigates

Attached - main mast of Glasgow being lifted into place recently.
Expected to be floated out early next year.
Sea trials 2024.
3 more photos which may not be in the public domain.

[Just for info it took 3 attempts to upload these photos due 'http error' - I found the answer was to leave the site and start again.]
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HMS Glasgow has mast and funnel lifted into place

First in class Type 26 Frigate HMS Glasgow recently hit two big milestones with the warships funnel and composite mast successfully lifted into place, say BAE Systems.

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-gla ... kdXe-7xmXI
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