Imagery shows the first of five Type 31 Frigates, HMS Venturer, in her current state of construction at Babcock’s Rosyth shipyard in Scotland.

With work underway on Venturer and Active, alongside the Type 26s on the opposite coast of Scotland – it means Britain’s shipyards are producing two new classes of frigate for the front-line fleet for the first time in more than 30 years.

Type 26 will replace the submarine-hunting Type 23s coming to the end of their active lives over the next 15 years, while Venturer and her four sisters will succeed the general pupose 23s.

Each of the Inspiration class – so called because either their deeds or the ingenuity of their designers are milestones in RN history – will be equipped with the Sea Ceptor air defence missile system, a 57mm main gun and two 40mm Bofors, a 4D radar and carry a helicopter up to Merlin size.

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