"We'll be able to do things with these platforms that we can't do with other ships"🗣️ The Royal Navy's new Type 31 frigate will be a key part of Britain's fleet, and here's why. Learn more👉https://www.forcesnews.com/services/navy/sitrep-first-ship-new-class-rolled-out-royal-navy-amid-ongoing-challenges | Forces News

Leander class Frigate 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 The Leander class, or Type 12I comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973. During the 10-year construction program the installed armament varied, as the tables show. The Canadian-developed combination of variable-depth sonar and a ship-based helicopter was intended to equalize the fight against fast submarines. With VD

📽️What are these new frigates all about? Here's a bit of insight into the Type 31 frigates as formal construction of the first, HMS Venturer, begins at Rosyth dockyard in #Scotland. ▶️Read more: http://ow.ly/TEP950ISpcp | Royal Navy

Construction is underway on the second Type 31 frigate being built for the Royal Navy. The first steel has been cut on HMS Active at the Babcock shipyard in Fife, by Defence Minister Alex Chalk. | Forces News

Construction work on the Royal Navy's first Type 31 frigate is officially underway! Defence Secretary Ben Wallace officially cut the steel for HMS Venturer during a ceremony at Rosyth dockyard. Five Type 31s are to be built by Babcock on the Firth of Forth, and are expected to be delivered later this decade. Read more on this story👉 https://bit.ly/3ikT7IP And read more about the Type 31s👉 https://bit.ly/3zwuQF7 | Forces News