Sutherland is the last ship in its class to go through the overhaul, which extends the life of the frigates to allow them to continue in service into the mid-2030s. It is planned that HMS ...

The first steel has been cut on HMS Active at the Babcock shipyard in Fife, by Defense Minister Alex Chalk. The new ship is named after the Type 21 frigate deployed during the Falklands War.

With a blinding arc of light as the laser cutter sliced through steel plate, work started this week on the Royal Navy’s new frigate HMS ... come in the five-ship class are HMS Bulldog and ...

HMS Monmouth ... other retired ships. In response to a freedom of information request made in the Summer of 2024, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed the Type 23 Duke-class frigate received ...

HMS Unicorn is the third-oldest ship in the world and has been under the care of the Unicorn Preservation Society since 1968. The 46-gun frigate was built during peacetime and launched in 1824 ...

HMS Iron Duke, a Type 23 Duke-class frigate, set off for Plymouth to join her sister ships as a base of operations. Devonport will now host all of the UK’s frigates with the aim to streamline ...

The move of the HMS Iron ... Type 23 frigates – the Duke Class – have been the workhorse of the Royal Navy since their introduction in the late 1980s. READ MORE: {{title}} The ships were ...

Type 23 frigates – the Duke Class – have been the workhorse of the Royal Navy since their introduction in the late 1980s. The ships were originally designed to hunt Soviet submarines.

who was onboard HMS Montrose in Plymouth Sound. There had been speculation that the eight frigates might be split between Plymouth and Portsmouth. The global combat ship, which is primarily ...

The spy ship is understood to have been in the English Channel, heading east to the North Sea Mr Healey said that for the last two days, the Royal Navy has deployed Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset ...