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 ...

The first of five Type 31 frigates due to be delivered to the UK Royal Navy has taken to the water for the first time, just days after making its first public appearance after being moved out of its ...

Beijing’s newest class of surface combatant achieved operational capability, Chinese military media reported last week. The ...

“DRAGONFIRE is a modular capability providing the Royal Navy agility as to when and where it is deployed, therefore it is not ...

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 ...

China's first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, has reached operational capability, as revealed in an official media report on the first anniversary of the warship's commissioning on Thursday. An expert ...

Norwegian defence planners are considering reducing the number of new Type 26 frigates purchased from the UK from five to ...

BEIJING, 22 January (BelTA - China Daily) - China commissioned its first Type 054B guided-missile frigate in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday morning, according to the People's Liberation Army ...

Images released by Babcock in February 2024 showing progress being made on the hullform and superstructure of the future HMS Venturer at its facilities in Rosyth, Scotland. (Babcock International) ...

Babcock has been awarded the contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group, allowing the company to take end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration in preparation ...

HMS Lancaster approaches the UK Naval Support Facility in Bahrain for the final time on 5 December 2025. The ship had exceeded its original 18-year lifespan by almost ...