The River-class destroyer, formerly the Canadian Surface Combatant, and Single Class Surface Combatant Project is the procurement project that will replace the Iroquois and Halifax-class warships with
The first Type 26 frigate, HMS Glasgow, under construction in Govan, November 2022
Type 26 frigate
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The Type 26 frigate, also known as City-class frigate, is a class of frigates and destroyers being built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, with variants also being built for the Australian, Canadia
River-class destroyer (2030s)
…for the Surface Combatant Project – in the range of $60 billion. By 2021, the Parliamentary Budget Officer estimated the cost for the program of 15 Type 26 ships as $77.3 billion, "rising to $79.7 billion if there is a one-year delay in the start of construction and $82.1 billion if there is a two-year…
HMS Glasgow under construction in June 2021
HMS Cardiff at Govan in August 2024, shortly before launch, the new Janet Harvey Hall assembly facility being built, to accommodate two frigates under construction at the same time.
Bow section of HMS Birmingham arriving at the Clyde.