The Royal Navy is to get eight new Type 26 Frigates, over the coming years. The order to BAE's Govan and Scotstoun Yards on the River Clyde in Glasgow, comes after long deliberation and has been scaled back from the original planned order of thirteen ships. The order, initially placed in 2015 will safeguard the jobs of several hundred skilled workers for the foreseeable future. Michael Fallon Secretary of State for Defence, made the long awaited announcement and work will begin in 2017.
The Type 26 set to replace the Type 23 will be deployed chiefly for anti-submarine warfare, yet at the same time will find itself covering a number of other rolls to satisfy the Royal Navy's demands and should enter service sometime in the early 2020s. The ships will also be fitted with the new MBDA Sea Ceptor Air Defence Missile System.
Also plans for a number of other smaller defence and patrol ships not least of all five of the smaller Type 31 warships, is in hand.
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