Towns and Nature: Glosgow, UK: BAE Systems on River Clyde

Saturday, June 24, 2023

Glosgow, UK: BAE Systems on River Clyde

Scotstoun: (Satellite)

All of these photos are of the Govan facility.

British Armed Forces News posted
The bow section of HMS Cardiff, the second of 8 Type 26 frigates, has been moved out of the shed at BAE Systems’ yard in Govan, to be followed by her aft section at the beginning of July - ready to be joined together.
Image: MoD © Crown copyright
This report is from a Royal Navy article, which can be found here: https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/.../20230620-hms-cardiff...
Terry Rendall: This is good news! Let's hope there are no major problems, we seem to have been dogged with quite serious engineering issues with our warship building for years and also the shortage of sailors to man them. To think, we were once one of the greatest ship building nations on earth, arguably the greatest and with the best navy. Nelson must be turning in his grave, maybe this super new ship will put a smile on his face.

RoyalNavy, Use of photo courtesy of BAE Systems, John Linton 2023. All rights
"The forward section of Type 26 Frigate HMS Cardiff is rolled out from the SBOH at BAE Systems Shipyard in Govan."
"First the bow section, then the aft are moved on to the standing, before being maneuvered into place. Once joined, there will be further structural work conducted on Cardiff at Govan before she is put on a barge to be floated off and transferred to BAE’s yard at Scotstoun for fitting out, where the lead ship in the class, HMS Glasgow, is undergoing completion."
"Cardiff will be the last of the 26s to have her sections integrated on the hardstand in the open air. A new £100m outfitting hall is being built at Govan for the remainder of the class to be largely completed under cover – and hence not victims of the sometimes inclement weather."
There will be eight ships in this City class by the 2030s, and their primary function is anti-sub defense. It has an adaptable mission bay for other missions to supply "equipment such as drones, minehunting technology or Royal Marines raiding teams."
[I hope they have better luck with mission modules than the US had. The US never got some of them to work, and now it is decommissioning the ships that had module bays.]