HMS Cardiff, the second of eight Type 26 Frigates, is currently starting to look ship-shape in Glasgow.
BAE Systems tweeted “in the shadow of HMS Glasgow, a peek at HMS Cardiff forward block taking shape – building in all our experience from first in class with each successive ship”.

Eight Type 26 Frigates are to be built in total with three in the first batch, the contract for the second batch will likely be negotiated in the coming months. Ordering in batches is common for projects of this size around the world and was last seen with the Royal Navy for the Type 45 Destroyers and recent Offshore Patrol Vessels. The Type 45s first batch order was for three vessels for example.

In 2019, we reported that the hull of HMS Cardiff had entered construction. The frigate is being built at the BAE Systems shipyard in Govan, Glasgow and is the second to enter production as part of the £3.7 billion contract, announced by the MoD in 2017.

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