Type 26 frigate

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HMS Glasgow, on barge for transport to Glen Mallan for launch in 2022
Class overview
Name	Type 26 frigate
Builders	BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
Operators	Royal Navy  Royal Australian Navy  Royal Canadian Navy
Preceded by	Type 23 frigate (RN) Anzac-class frigate (RAN) Halifax-class frigate (RCN)
Subclasses	Hunter-class frigate (RAN) River-class destroyer (RCN) UK Batch 2: Template:ShipCost Australia: Template:ShipCost Canada: Template:ShipCost
Built	Contract award announced 2 July 2017[1]
In service	From 2028 (planned)[a][3][4]
Planned	8 (RN)[4][5][b] 6 (RAN)[6] 15 (RCN)[7]
Building	6 (5 x RN,[8] 1 x RAN)
General characteristics (City class)
Type	Anti-submarine warfare frigate[4]
Displacement	7,700 tonnes (7,600 long tons; 8,500 short tons) light shipweight[9] 8,000 tonnes (7,900 long tons; 8,800 short tons) full load[10][11]
Length	149.9 m (491 ft 10 in)[12]
Beam	20.8 m (68 ft 3 in)[12]
Propulsion	CODLOG configuration:[13] 1 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine[14] 4 × MTU Type 20V 4000 M53B high-speed diesel generators[14] 2 × electric motors
Speed	In excess of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)[12]
Range	In excess of 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) in electric-motor (EM) drive[12]
Boats & landing craft carried	2
Complement	157[12] (capacity for 208)[12]
Sensors and processing systems	Type 997 Artisan 3D radar Kelvin Hughes SharpEye navigation radar[15] Terma SCANTER 6000 2D X-Band navigation radar[16] Sonar 2087 (towed array sonar) Ultra Electronics Type 2150 bow sonar SCOT-5 satcom
Electronic warfare & decoys	IRVIN-GQ DLF decoys[13] Seagnat Naval Decoy IDS300 Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament	1 × 12-cell VLS for: 48 x Sea Ceptor anti-air missiles (each cell can house four Sea Ceptors)[17] 1 × 24-cell multi-purpose Mark 41 VLS for: Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW)[18][19][20][21] BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile Naval Strike Missile[22] 1 × 5-inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun[23] 2 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns 2 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × General purpose machine guns or 0.50 calibre heavy machine guns[24]
Aircraft carried	Wildcat[c] or AgustaWestland Merlin[d]
Aviation facilities	Accommodation for two helicopters, Chinook-capable flight deck, Enclosed hangar and Facilities for UAVs
Notes	Flexible mission bay[25]

The Type 26 frigate, also known as City-class frigate, is a class of frigates and destroyers being built (as of 2025) for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy;^[26] Australia and Canada have (permission or) license to build their own version of the British frigates.^[27]

In 2025, Norway decided to buy this (kind or) model of frigate.^[28][29][26] The contract (or sales contract) was signed later that year.^[30]