The Type 26 City-class frigate is a class of frigate being built for the British Royal Navy. Fifty-one ships are being built in two batches by the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy.
The ship is intended to partially replace the ageing Type 22, Type 23, and Type 24 frigates and is equipped with the flexible mission bay.
Specifications[]
- Type: Frigate
- Service Period:
- Characteristics:
- Length: 496 feet 9 inches (151.41 meters)
- Beam: 70 feet 3 inches (21.41 meters)
- Draft: 26 feet 3 inches (8 meters)
- Displacement: 8,000 tons (Standard)
- Crew: 210
- Propulsion:
- 1 x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine
- 4 x MTU Type 20V 4000 M53B high-speed diesel generators
- 2 x electric motors
- Range: 7,000 nautical miles (12,964 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
- Speed: 27+ knots (50+ km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Type 997 Artisan 3D RDF
- SharpEye navigation RDF
- SCANTER 6000 2D X-Band Navigation RDF
- Type 2087 towed ASDIC Array
- Type 2150 bow ASDIC
- Scot-5 Satcom
- Countermeasures:
- IRVIN-GQ DLF decoy
- Armament:
- 1 x QF 4.5"/55-caliber Mk.8B naval gun
- 1 x 32-cell VLS (fires Garfish and Sea Viper AAMs, Storm Wind cruise missiles)
- 2 x 24-cell VLS (fires GWS.35 Sea Ceptor AAMs)
- 4 x 4-cannister AShM Launchers
- 2 x 30mm DS30M-Mk.2 autocannons
- 2 x 25mm Royal Ordinance CIWS
- 6 x 7.62mm L7A2 GPMGs
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x maritime helicopters (Agusta-Westland Merlin, Westland Wildcat, or Westland Wyvern)
- Aviation Facilities: Accommodation for two helicopters, Lion-capable flight deck, Enclosed hangar and Facilities for UAVs
Unit Run[]
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Batch I[]
- HMS Glasgow
- HMS Cardiff
- HMS Belfast
- HMS Hamilton
- HMS Nottingham
- HMS Rockingham
- HMS Leamington
- HMS Winchester
- HMS Chelsea
- HMS Georgetown
- HMS Caldwell
- HMS Castleton
- HMS York
- HMS Exeter
- HMS Dartmouth
- HMS Antrim
Batch II[]
- HMS Sheffield
- HMS Newcastle
- HMS London
- HMS Edinburgh
- HMS Southampton
- HMS Liverpool
- HMS Manchester
- HMS Gloucester
- HMS Leeds
- HMS Auckland
- HMS Wellington
- HMS Wells
- HMS Mansfield
- HMS Montgomery
- HMS Newark
- HMS Roxborough
- HMS St. Marys
- HMS Lewews
- HMS Ludlow
- HMS Bath
- HMS Hampden
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Batch I[]
- HMIS Tughril (FM 73)
- HMIS Taimur (FM 74)
- HMIS Tippu Sultan (FM 75)
- HMIS Shah Jahan (FM 76)
Batch II[]
- HMIS Nilgiri (FM 77)
- HMIS Himgiri (FM 78)
- HMIS Udaygiri (FM 79)
- HMIS Dunagiri (FM 80)
- HMIS Taragiri (FM 81)
- HMIS Vindhyagiri (FM 82)
- HMIS Mahendragiri (FM 83)