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English: Pictured: Type 26 Frigate HMS Cardiff being towed and maneuvered as she passes under the Erskine Bridge on the Clyde.HMS Cardiff, the second of the Royal Navy’s new City Class Type 26 frigates, was loaded onto a giant barge last week. The ship, which weighs almost 7,000 tonnes, sailed down the River Clyde on Friday, August 30 to Loch Long, where she was lowered into the water for the first time at Glen Mallan.HMS Cardiff then made her way back up the Clyde to BAE Systems’ yard at Scotstoun where the work to fit the warship out will be completed.Currently Scottish shipyards have orders to build 13 Royal Navy frigates, with the Type 31 vessels being built by Babcock at Rosyth on the east coast, and the Type 26 ships being constructed by BAE Systems on the Clyde.
Date 05/09/2024
Source https://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/
Author Ministry of Defence

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HMS Cardiff under tow to Scotstoun for fitting out.

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