Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The disastrous Type 26 programme serves as a cautionary tale - John Linton The Type 26 frigate programme, once hailed as a beacon ...

The second of an eventual eight-strong fleet of Type 26 frigates being manufactured for the UK Royal Navy is continuing its build at BAE Systems’ Clyde shipyards, with HMS Cardiff following the ...

The UK’s Type 26 frigate design has been “down selected” by Norway for its future frigate platform, according to the UK government, with the Royal Norwegian Navy seeking options to replace the ...

Several modernization programs are currently being run by the Royal Navy, but few of them are as high-profile as the one centered around the new Type 26 frigates. This one is so important, in fact, ...

The Royal Navy may already have identified a possible replacement for its Type 45 destroyers. A version of the new Type 26 frigate, which should enter service with the U.K. fleet in the mid-2020s, ...

Key point: Britain needs a good, new frigate for its Royal Navy and the Type 26 is the solution. The Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigate could be its most powerful and flexible warship type in many ...