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Sep- 2024 -

11 September

Sea

Pictured: Type 26 Frigate HMS Cardiff being moved to Loch Long. HMS Cardiff, the second of the Royal Navys new City Class Type 26 frigates, was loaded onto a giant barge last week. The ship, which weighs almost 7,000 tonnes, sailed down the River Clyde on Friday, August 30 to Loch Long, where she will be lowered into the water for the first time at Glen Mallan. Once HMS Cardiff is in the water, she will make her way back up the Clyde to BAE Systems yard at Scotstoun where the work to fit the warship out will be completed. Currently Scottish shipyards have orders to build 13 Royal Navy frigates, with the Type 31 vessels being built by Babcock at Rosyth on the east coast, and the Type 26 ships being constructed by BAE Systems on the Clyde.

Rojoef Manuel

BAE Systems Completes Second British City Frigate Float-Out

BAE Systems has launched the UK Royal Navy’s second Type 26 City-class anti-submarine frigate in Glasgow, Scotland.

Aug- 2024 -

19 August

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

Rolls-Royce to Deliver Mission Bay Handling Systems for UK’s Type 26 Frigates

Rolls-Royce’s Mission Bay Handling System has been selected for Batch 2 of the Royal Navy’s Global Combat Ship variant, the Type 26 City-class frigate.

5 August

Europe

Spearfish torpedo Vanguard-class submarine

Inder Singh Bisht

Royal Navy Tests Upgraded Spearfish Torpedo on Vanguard Nuclear Sub

The Royal Navy has tested the upgraded Spearfish torpedo from a Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.

Jul- 2024 -

26 July

Europe

Joe Saballa

UK Orders Lightweight Multirole Missiles From Thales

The UK has placed an order for “a significant number” of Lightweight Multirole Missiles from French defense firm Thales.

24 July

Sea

Rojoef Manuel

ThyssenKrupp Subsidiary Completes Royal Navy Sea-Class Workboat Project

ThyssenKrupp segment Atlas Elektronik has delivered the final two Sea-class workboats in Devonport for the UK Royal Navy’s Project Vahana.

18 July

Business

Inder Singh Bisht

Exail to Supply Inertial Navigation to Royal Navy Frigates

Marine navigation provider Anschutz has contracted Paris-based Exail to supply its Marins Inertial Navigation System for the Royal Navy’s Type 31 Inspiration-class frigate.

Jun- 2024 -

26 June

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