HMS Cardiff to enter water for first time

Posted on 2 Sep 2024 by The Manufacturer
HMS Cardiff has now departed BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard on the barge to be towed down river to a deep-water location in the West of Scotland
HMS Cardiff has now departed BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard on the barge to be towed down river to a deep-water location in the West of Scotland
HMS Cardiff, the second of eight Type 26 City Class frigates BAE Systems is building for the Royal Navy, is entering water for the first time. A team of engineering specialists transferred the ship – which has Welsh singing star Katherine Jenkins as her official sponsor – from the shipyard slipway to a barge to…

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