The aft block of HMS GLASGOW, the first City Class Type 26 frigate, being built for the Royal Navy, has been rolled out of the build hall to join the forward block, at BAE Systems’ shipyard on the River Clyde, in the United Kingdom.
HMS GLASGOW ship
In a busy period for the HMS GLASGOW ship, the BAE Systems’ teams, working at the Govan Shipyard, successfully prepared and completed a series of complex manoeuvres, to bring the aft block out of the ship block, onto the outfit hall, and into position, in order to meet the forward block.
The aft block contains the versatile mission bay and hangar, which is capable of supporting helicopters, boats
This significant moment brings the two blocks together and for the first time, the full size and scale, along with the elegant lines of the HMS GLASGOW vessel are now out in the open.
The aft block contains the versatile mission bay and hangar, which is capable of supporting helicopters, boats, mission loads and disaster relief stores, while the flight deck is capable of landing a Chinook helicopter, for the purpose of transport of embarked forces.
New generation of cutting-edge Type 26 frigates
The HMS GLASGOW vessel is the first in a new generation of cutting-edge Type 26 frigates, designed and built in her namesake city. The Type 26 frigates programme supports more than 4,000 jobs, across the United Kingdom, thereby making a significant contribution to the nation’s economic recovery, by maintaining much needed skills and capabilities.
The Type 26 frigate is the original variant of BAE Systems’ Global Combat Ship, which the nations of Australia and Canada have both selected, as the reference design for their anti-submarine frigate programmes, thereby supporting greater operational, training and intelligence ties, between the three nations.