By comparison, the 7,300-ton Constellation -class frigate is larger than both the Type 054B vessel, which displaces 5,500 to ...

Photos that appeared recently on social media provide our best view so far of the first of China’s new Type 054B frigates. With a host of advanced features, the next-generation warship continues a ...

A long awaited decision on the Royal Norwegian Navy’s next generation warships was announced on Aug. 31, with Norwegian PM Jonas Støre confirming the procurement of UK-designed Type 26 frigates in a ...

The Type 26 frigate programme, once hailed as a beacon of British naval innovation, has stumbled over a series of obstacles. These are not isolated incidents, but indications of wider failure which ...

November 17, 2025: Poland has adopted the Arrowhead 140 frigate and modified it to meet the needs of the Polish Navy in the Baltic Sea. The British Type 31E frigates were the source of the Arrowhead ...

The first of the Royal Navy's Type 26 City Class frigates, HMS Glasgow, has begun a very slow launch at BAE Systems' Govan shipyard in Scotland. Rather than sliding into the water with a dramatic ...

First steel was cut Thursday for the first of the UK Royal Navy’s five new Type 31 frigates, HMS Venturer. The historic ceremony took place at Babcock's factory in Rosyth, Scotland, where the Type 31 ...

Damen Naval marked the official start of the construction phase of the Type 126 frigates programme with a steel-cutting ceremony on 5 December. Pictured (from left to right): Damen Shipyards Group's ...

Introducing the Type 26 Frigate, Britain's new Global Combat Ship. Artist's rendering: BAE Systems. Britain's new Global Combat Ship is a marvel of engineering. But does it cost too much? Also known ...

A 2008 concept for the Future Surface Combatant, a small surface combatant that could be similar in size to the Royal Navy's conceptual Type 32. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday announced ...