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Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland “reaching the end” of four-year refit
It is planned that HMS Sutherland itself will operate until 2032 when it will be replaced in its anti-submarine role by a Type 26 frigate, possibly fifth-in-class HMS Sheffield. Despite this ...
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Major £35 million upgrade for frigate HMS Sutherland
British Defence Minister Baroness Taylor announced earlier this month a £35m (70 million US dollars) major upgrade to Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland. New equipment valued at £18m will ...
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Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate Fires First Tomahawk off East Coast; U.K., Italy Prepare for Carrier Operations
A Royal Netherlands Navy frigate test fired a Tomahawk guided-cruise missile off the coast of Norfolk, Va., on Tuesday ahead ...
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Falklands, construction of a new HMS Sheffield, a state of the art Type 26 Frigate
Construction has begun on the Royal Navy's latest Type 26 frigate, HMS Sheffield, with the first steel being cut in a ceremony in Glasgow. The official beginning of construction was marked by an ...