Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation launched the to-be Admiral Golovko, the third Project 22350 frigate, on the 22 May, at St. Petersburg’s Severnaya Shipyard. Admiral Golovko’s launch comes two years after… Continue reading "Russian Navy Launches Third Gorshkov Class Frigate – the Admiral Golovko"
The US Navy has announced that it has selected and awarded a contract to Marinette Marine to design and build the first in class new guided missile frigate design. Marinette… Continue reading "USN Selects Fincantieri Design for FFG(X)"
On October 24th, Naval Group commenced construction of the Amiral Ronarc’h defense and intervention frigate (Fregate de defense et d’intervention, or FDI) with a steel cutting ceremony held at its… Continue reading "Naval Group Commences Construction of Amiral Ronarc’h"
The builder of the Type 31 guided missile frigate, set to become the backbone of the the Royal Navy in coming years, has been announced by the UK’s Ministry of… Continue reading "UK MoD Picks Babcock to Build Type 31 Frigates"
The Marine Nationale (French Navy) received its newanti-submarine FREMM frigate FS Normandie (D-651) from Naval Group, on 16 July, in a ceremony in Brest. The frigate was launched in February… Continue reading "French Navy Receives FREMM Frigate “Normandie”"
The German Navy’s FGS Baden-Württemberg, lead ship of its class of frigates, officially entered service during a ceremony on June 17. The commissioning ceremony held in Wilhelmshaven, was attended by… Continue reading "German Navy Commissions First F125 Frigate, the Baden-Württemberg"
For US Navy watchers, the FFG(X) program presents a chance to return to form for the USN. The last true frigate the USN operated was the Oliver Hazard Perry class,… Continue reading "FFG(X): What Will the US Navy Choose for its New Frigate?"
The German parliament has approved the sale of six MEKO frigates to Egypt in a 2.3 billion Euro deal. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) MEKO A200 frigate design has already been… Continue reading "Germany Approves Sale of MEKO A200 Frigates to Egypt"
The Spanish government has ordered the procurement of five multi-role F-110 frigates for the Spanish Navy. The deal with the state-owned shipbuilder Navantia is expected to cost 4.31 billion Euros… Continue reading "Spain Gives Go-Ahead for Construction of Five F-110 frigates"
In the early hours of the morning of 8th November, one of the Royal Norwegian Navy’s 5 Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates struck an oil tanker near the port of Sture. HNoMS Helge… Continue reading "Norwegian Frigate On the Rocks after Collision with Tanker"