RN Frigates: Type 26 City Class

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A fully enclosed construction yard should have been one of the criteria for winning the contract!..never learn!
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BAE to construct new shipbuilding facility in Glasgow

It is understood that the wet basin at Govan will be drained and a covered build hall will be constructed on the site, allowing for later Type 26 frigates to be built indoors.

Continues at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/bae-aim ... mbCKo29dRk
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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.

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Second Type 26 Frigate begins to take shape on the Clyde


HMS Cardiff, the second of eight Type 26 Frigates, is currently starting to look ship-shape in Glasgow.
BAE Systems tweeted “in the shadow of HMS Glasgow, a peek at HMS Cardiff forward block taking shape – building in all our experience from first in class with each successive ship”.

Continues at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/second- ... 1lVFaZ3RTI
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New photos and videos show Type 26 Frigate build progress


A new collection of videos and photographs show the current state of HMS Glasgow as the Type 26 Frigate is being built by BAE Systems on the River Clyde in Glasgow.
HMS GLASGOW is the first in a new generation of cutting-edge Type 26 frigates, designed and built in the ship’s namesake city.

You can view the previous drone imagery from earlier in the year by clicking here but if you’ve seen that, here’s today’s video!

Continues at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-pho ... -progress/
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Type 26 Frigate exports worth £6bn to British economy

Work on ships based on BAE’s Type 26 Frigate being built in Australia and Canada has been estimated to be worth around £6bn to the British economy.

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/type-26 ... vMD242n7vI
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Second Type 26 Frigate begins to take shape on the Clyde

HMS Cardiff, the second of eight Type 26 Frigates, is currently starting to look ship-shape in Glasgow.
BAE Systems tweeted “in the shadow of HMS Glasgow, a peek at HMS Cardiff forward block taking shape – building in all our experience from first in class with each successive ship”.
In the shadow of HMS Glasgow, a peek at HMS Cardiff forward block taking shape - building in all our experience from first in class with each successive ship for Royal Navy.

Continues, including photos, at - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/second- ... ieW6zis5eI
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Navy Lookout

After Babcock did it in Rosyth BAES Maritime goes public with proposal for another new 'frigate factory' in Scotland.
Covered shipbuilding hall with space for assembling 2 Type 26 frigates side by side.
81 x 170m x 49m high.

See - https://www.govanassemblyhall.com/plann ... #proposals
And - https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/ ... 9606634496
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Pelican wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 12:46 pm BAE to construct new shipbuilding facility in Glasgow

It is understood that the wet basin at Govan will be drained and a covered build hall will be constructed on the site, allowing for later Type 26 frigates to be built indoors.

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Details emerge on huge new Glasgow shipbuilding facility

By George Allison - July 20, 2022
BAE Systems has revealed more details regarding their huge new shipbuilding facility in Glasgow.
I recently reported that the wet basin at Govan will be drained, and a covered build hall will be constructed on the site, allowing for later Type 26 frigates to be built indoors.

After construction, according to the person I spoke to, ships will be moved onto a barge and lowered into the water. It is hoped that Type 26 ships 4 to 8 will be built in this facility, with the first three being put together outdoors. HMS Glasgow is in build now and is shown below, she is being put together on the hard standing, adjacent to the wet basin area after she was built in sections in the existing build hall and joined together.

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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:

See - https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/type-26 ... this-year/

Link from Tim.
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