WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS Glasgow Advanced ASW FFG. BAE Systems UK type 26 ASW Frigate

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The Royal Navy variant is known as the Type 26 frigate. It will be multi-mission warship designed to support anti-submarine warfare, air defence and general purpose operations. Service Duration 25 years.

The programme began in 1998, under what was then known as the Future Surface Combatant (FSC). However, by March 2010, this procurement programme had evolved to become the Global Combat Ship, following the announcement of a four-year, �127 million design contract being awarded to BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships.The design passed Main Gate 1 in early 2015, with the Demonstration Phase starting 1 April 2015. In August 2015 the first long lead items for Type 26 were ordered, with manufacturing then expected to begin in 2016 and the first Type 26 to be delivered in 2023.[15] In November 2016 it was announced that first steel would be cut for the eight Royal Navy ships in summer 2017. They will be built at BAE Systems' Govan and Scotstoun yards on the River Clyde in Glasgow.

The first ship has been named HMS Glasgow due to enter service in 2020

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The programme began in 1998, under what was then known as the Future Surface Combatant (FSC). However, by March 2010, this procurement programme had evolved to become the Global Combat Ship, following the announcement of a four-year, �127 million design contract being awarded to BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships.The design passed Main Gate 1 in early 2015, with the Demonstration Phase starting 1 April 2015. In August 2015 the first long lead items for Type 26 were ordered, with manufacturing then expected to begin in 2016 and the first Type 26 to be delivered in 2023.[15] In November 2016 it was announced that first steel would be cut for the eight Royal Navy ships in summer 2017. They will be built at BAE Systems' Govan and Scotstoun yards on the River Clyde in Glasgow.

The first ship has been named HMS Glasgow due to enter service in 2020 4.1