Minister: No Need to Base Type 26 Frigates in Scotland

UK and Norway Sign £10 Billion Contract for Type 26 Frigates

On 31 August, the UK and Norway signed a landmark £10 billion intergovernmental agreement to procure at least five new Type 26 anti-submarine frigates jointly. The deal creates a combined fleet of 13 such warships to operate together in northern Europe. Eight for the Royal Navy and at least five for the Royal Norwegian Navy. All vessels will be built by BAE Systems at the Clyde shipyards in Glasgow, which are already producing eight Type 26 frig…

Minister: No need to base Type 26 frigates in Scotland

During a Commons exchange, SNP MP Dave Doogan questioned the Government on whether any of the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 anti-submarine warfare frigates, now also ordered by Norway, would be stationed in Scotland. Doogan argued that “an independent northern European nation of 5.5 million people, Norway, has just signed an order for £10 billion-worth of the world’s best anti-submarine warfare frigates, designed and built in Glasgow in Scotland. Des…