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Construction begins on Royal Navy’s fourth Type 26 frigate – HMS Birmingham

The steel cut, marking the official start of build on the fourth of eight Type 26 frigates, was carried out by apprentice burner, Ciaran...

Saudi Arabia signs an agreement with Navantia for another five ships for its Navy

The Government of Saudi Arabia will entrust Navantia and a Saudi shipyard with the design and construction of five multi-mission combat ships for the...

First Type 26 Frigate to enter the water for the first time

Over the coming days, the ship, currently weighing nearly 6,000 tonnes, will undertake a series of complex manoeuvres that will move her from the...

Final French FREMM frigate delivered by Naval Group

During a ceremony on November 16 at the French naval base in Toulon, Naval Group handed over Lorraine, the eighth Aquitaine-class FREMM (frégate européenne...

BAE Systems awarded £4.2bn contract to build five more Type 26 frigates in Glasgow

The contract sustains more than 4,000 jobs across BAE Systems and the wider UK maritime supply chain. It also secures shipbuilding at BAE Systems’...

Naval Group launches the first FDI for the French Navy

On Monday 7 November, the first defence and intervention frigate ordered by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) and destined to the French Navy...

Hunter class frigate propeller prototypes to be made in Australia

BAE Systems Australia who will build nine anti-submarine warfare Hunter class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy, has awarded WA-based company VEEM a $1.76m...

Maiden Call for Italian Frigate Martinengo

A welcome visit to Valletta yesterday, saw the maiden call of the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) Frigate ITS Federico Martinengo (F596). It is a...

Visit on the Belgian Navy Karel Doorman-class frigate Leopold I

On the 31st May a team from Horizon was granted a visit onboard the Belgian Navy multipurpose Frigate the FFG Leopold I.  We were...

Successful block construction propels Hunter forward

Equal to the size of two houses and taking 45,000 hours, the first steel ‘block’ has been constructed by shipbuilders working on the Hunter...
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