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In this guest article, Lee Pilgrim highlights the work of the Towed Array Patrol Ship (TAPS), the RN’s frigate specifica ...
The UK Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates have soaked up more than £1bn ($1.3bn) in upkeep costs since 2014, with the new replacement Type 26 and Type 31 frigates still years away from entering service.
The newest type 23 frigate, HMS St Albans, was commissioned as long ago as 2002. In the 15 years that followed, no British Government even started to build another warship of this kind.
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 ...
DSEI UK has confirmed that four visiting warships will dock in London this September, with live demonstrations of autonomous ...
The British government recently announced that HMS Lancaster, a Royal Navy frigate permanently based in the Gulf, will return to the UK for scrapping by the end of the year. This will leave the UK ...
A spokesperson for the Royal Navy told PlymouthLive HMS St Albans - which has a crew of 185 but can accommodate up to 205 ...