No compromise The Royal Navy's Type 26 frigate

摘要

The UK's Type 26 frigate program passed a major milestone on July 20, with the cutting of the first steel at BAE System's Govan shipyard on the River Clyde. THE plate steel, which will form part of the frigate's keel, was cut on a plasma cutting machine operated by UK Secretary of State for Defence, Sir Michael Fallon, signalling the beginning of construction of the first batch of three vessels. The Royal Navy is acquiring eight Type 26 frigates, which it now calls the 'City' class of vessels and the first, to be named HMS Glasgow, will enter service in the middle of the next decade. The ships are designed without compromise for the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) role, although they will be capable of undertaking a wide range of other missions, and senior UK Defence officials have described them as the quietest of their kind in the world.