Published: Thursday, 28 September 2017 09:41
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon unveiled the name of
one of the new Type 26 frigates as HMS Belfast during a trip to
Northern Ireland. The second to be named in the City Class of eight brand new,
cutting-edge, anti-submarine warfare frigates, HMS Belfast will provide
advanced protection for the likes of the UK’s nuclear deterrent and Queen
Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. The Defence Secretary revealed the name at
Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff, which built the Royal Navy’s last HMS
Belfast, in 1938.
HMS Belfast will enter service with the Royal
Navy in the mid 2020s.
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said:
I’m hugely proud that the second name announced of our
eight cutting-edge new Type 26 frigates will be HMS Belfast. She and her sister
ships will form the backbone of our Navy well into the 2060s, keeping us safe
by protecting the country’s nuclear deterrent and new aircraft carriers.
It’s apt to name this ship at the famous site which built
the very first HMS Belfast. Thanks to our ambitious new National Shipbuilding
Strategy, this shipyard once again has the chance to be involved in building a
British warship thanks to the competition to build a new class of light
frigates for our growing Royal Navy.
The Defence Secretary launched the ambitious National
Shipbuilding Strategy earlier in the month, and as part of that laid out plans
for a first batch of another new class of frigates – the Type 31e.
The last Type 26 scale model design on BAE
Systems stand at DSEI 2017. Navy Recognition picture.
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