HMS Montrose upgrade programme begins
Babcock has started upgrading the Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose at its Devonport dockyard. The work to be undertaken on the whole fleet, is a...
HMS Duncan fires first missile
HMS Duncan has, for the first time, fired an Aster missile. The vessel downed a drone over the Scottish coast. Lieutenant Jacqui Orr said: ‘The speed...
Work begins on new British patrol vessels in Glasgow
Work started on Friday on the first of three new offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Navy as the first steel is cut on HMS Forth...
Babcock designs weapons handling system for South Korean submarines
British defence and engineering firm says it has completed design definition for a weapons handling system for a new class of South Korean Navy...
Floating a Supercarrier
In July we saw the naming of HMS Queen Elizabeth. The largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy and one of the most powerful...
HMS Argyll seizes £21 million worth of cocaine
After receiving information that a suspicious looking vessel had been spotted by a maritime patrol aircraft, HMS Argyll, which is on counter-narcotics operations in...
Royal Navy patrol ship contract gives big jobs boost to the Clyde
At least 800 jobs have been protected thanks to a £348 million warship contract to build 3 new patrol ships for the Royal Navy. The...
Campaign to be launched to name a new frigate HMS Plymouth
A campaign has been launched calling on the Government to name one of the new frigates 'HMS Plymouth'. The Type 26 frigate represents the future...
HMS Ocean sea trials successful
Following a £65M refit that saw the helicopter carrier fitted with one of the most advanced RADAR systems ever put to sea (Type 997...
Babcock outline job losses in the event of independence
Independence would see thousands of jobs lost at Faslane according to a briefing paper issued by the defence company Babcock. It is being reported that...
