Two Royal Navy Petty Officers got to grips with a new gun which will be fitted to the Type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow. PO Dave Strachan and 'Tiny' Sanderson were involved in the trials. | Royal Navy ...

Work got underway on the latest of the Royal Navy’s next-generation submarine hunters, a £840m Type 26 frigate warship which will carry the name and motto – Forward – of England’s second ...

Five more Type 26 frigates will be built for the Royal Navy, the Prime Minister has announced. Defense manufacturer BAE Systems has been awarded a £4.2 billion contract to build the five warships ...

However, the Royal Navy continues to ensure that it has sufficient assets available to deliver operational outputs." The last five of the eight Type 26 frigates are being built by BAE Systems ...

The Type 26 frigate programme will see eight City-class ... Type 31 frigates are also being developed for the Royal Navy, with construction work to build HMS Venturer, Active, Formidable, Bulldog ...

The first of eight new Type 26 frigates being built for the Royal Navy has been named HMS Glasgow. The name was revealed by Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon as he cut the first steel on the ...

Such value for money, some argue, might even tempt the Royal Navy to bolster its surface fleet by increasing the order. The last big frigate order - for the Type 26 - was announced in the summer ...

Britain’s Armed Forces are not ready to fight a war, Defence Secretary John Healey has sensationally admitted. Mr Healey said ...

They will form the core of the Royal Navy's fleet, before being replaced by Type-26 Global Combat Ships beginning in 2021. The Sea Wolf missile system (shown) is designed to defend against ...

It also builds type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy and makes electronic warfare systems for F-35 fighter jets. Image: ...