The UK has selected the design for the Royal Navy's next class of frigates. Today, at London International Shipping Week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the Arrowhead 140 design from the ...

On December 9, 2025, Babcock International Group announced the keel-laying ceremony of the third Type 31 frigate, the future ...

The Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate is incorporating automation, reduced crew requirements and enhanced living conditions into its design as the force attempts to meet modern operational demands. Navies ...

Type 31 frigates will handle general duties, including maritime security, disaster relief, and counter-smuggling.

An artist's impression of BAE's Cutlass design, which is based on the Al-Shamikh corvette the firm built for the Royal Navy of Oman. (Courtesy of BAE Systems) LONDON ― Britain is preparing to launch a ...

Babcock announces keel laying ceremony for UK Royal Navy’s new Type 31 frigate, with the first of its class expected to be launched by 2023. Babcock announces keel laying of the first of five new RN ...

Known as the Inspiration Class, the five Type 31s all take their names from former warships and submarines whose missions and history are intended to inspire. Construction is underway on the second ...

HMS Venturer seen under construction in Rosyth in July 2023. (Crown Copyright) Babcock will delay the launch of the UK Royal Navy's first Type 31 Inspiration-class ...

The UK Royal Navy's Type 31 frigates are being equipped with the TACTICOS Baseline 2 combat management system. (NAVYPIX/Richard Scott) The first Type 31 integrated combat system is on course to ...

The new Type 31 will undertake a variety of operational roles for the Royal Navy Work has officially started on a £1.25bn project to build five new warships for the Royal Navy. UK Defence Secretary ...

A major shipbuilding program for the Royal Navy is now underway, with the first steel being cut for HMS Venturer, the lead ship of the Type 31 Inspiration class frigates. During a ceremony inside a ...