After years of spiraling costs and missed deadlines in British naval procurement, the Type 31 frigate program has stunned the ...

With a blinding arc of light as the laser cutter sliced through steel plate, work started this week on the Royal Navy’s new frigate HMS Formidable. Watched by political, military and business leaders ...

Babcock has marked two major milestones at its Rosyth shipyard in Scotland as the keel was laid for HMS Formidable, the third ship in the UK’s Type 31 frigate program, and the company announced an ...

A “significant milestone” has been reached in a critical shipbuilding project to bolster the Royal Navy fleet with modern vessels. The keel has been laid for the third Type 31 warship HMS Formidable ...

Babcock has performed keel laying ceremony of the third Type 31 frigate, the future His Majesty's Ship (HMS) Formidable, at its Rosyth Dockyard on the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The ceremony, ...

Construction work to build the next generation of Royal Navy frigates is continuing at rapid pace. Advanced Type 31 warships are being produced by engineers at Babcock International at its Rosyth ...

After more than three years’ construction in a cavernous assembly hall in Rosyth, Fife, the 28-metre-tall doors were opened and HMS Venturer began to emerge. The ship is the first of five Type 31 ...

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Henry Souter, 27, was among 512 sailors and 35 officers who perished in the sinking of the HMS Formidable on January 1, 1915 A Thornaby sailor who lost his life when his ship was torpedoed in the ...

A Medway secondary school has accepted the colours of World War II aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. Chatham Grammar School for Boys is giving the ship's flag a permanent home along with memorabilia ...