Royal Navy's Type 31 Frigates: A New Era of Naval Power Begins. It has been quite some time since the Royal Navy ruled the waves. But now, under a new shipbuilding strategy, ...

HMS Venturer, the first of five Type 31 frigates Babcock is delivering for the Royal Navy, has completed her first entry into ...

A major shipbuilding program for the Royal Navy is now underway, with the first steel being cut for HMS Venturer, the lead ship of the Type 31 Inspiration class frigates, which will replace the ...

Type-31 frigate design. Steel for the U.K. Royal Navy’s first new Type 31 frigate was cut on Sept. 24, raising hopes that the service may secure a larger fleet of frontline warships in the long ...

The race to design and build a new generation of Royal Navy frigates has been won by engineering firm Babcock. It has been named preferred bidder for the £1.25bn contract for five Type 31 warships.

At last month’s Surface Warships conference in London, one expert speaker explained how the Royal Navy (RN) was tackling those challenges with radical, novel design and build features in its ...

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 Formidable. Watched by political, military and business ...

The ship is the first of five Type 31 frigates being built for the Royal Navy, part of a £10bn investment in the Fleet of tomorrow to replace the existing Type 23 flotilla.

Royal Navy’s Type 31 Frigates: A New Era of Naval Power Begins. It has been quite some time since the Royal Navy ruled the waves. But now, under a new shipbuilding strategy, ...

The Royal Navy plans to have all five Type 31 frigates operational by 2028, enhancing its fleet with modern, efficient warships. Royal Navy’s Type 31 HMS Venturer Passes Key Tests, Edges Closer ...

Babcock announces keel laying ceremony for UK Royal Navy’s new Type 31 frigate, with the first of its class expected to be launched by 2023. Babcock announces keel laying of the first of five new RN ...