{"id":25482,"date":"2026-02-26T04:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=25482"},"modified":"2026-02-26T04:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:02:08","slug":"construction-begins-on-uk-royal-navys-fourth-type-31-frigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=25482","title":{"rendered":"Construction begins on UK Royal Navy&#8217;s fourth Type 31 frigate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>Construction begins on UK Royal Navy&#8217;s fourth Type 31 frigate<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Babcock International recently held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the official start of construction of the UK Royal Navy&#8217;s fourth Type 31 or Inspiration-class frigate.<\/p>\n<p>Like her sisters, the future HMS <em>Bulldog<\/em> will be used to conduct missions including counter-terrorism and counter-drug patrols as well as disaster response.<\/p>\n<p>The frigate will be armed with a 57mm naval gun, two 40mm autocannons, and surface-to-air missiles. She will also be fitted with a helicopter deck and space for three small fast boats to be used in at-sea interceptions and boardings.<\/p>\n<aside><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/column-are-we-seeing-a-resurgent-uk-royal-navy-naval-gazing\">COLUMN | Are we seeing a resurgent UK Royal Navy? [Naval Gazing]<\/a><\/aside>\n<p>Babcock intends to deliver all five Type 31 frigates to the Royal Navy by 2028. These will replace the Type 23 ships and will be operated alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/column-the-type-26-global-combat-ship-a-transnational-project-naval-gazing\">Type 26 or City-class frigates<\/a>, which will be dedicated anti-submarine warfare platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/uk-mod-selects-design-of-type-31-frigates\">design<\/a> of the Type 31 ships was developed jointly by Babcock, naval architecture firm BMT and defence technology company Thales.<\/p>\n<p>Variants of the frigates are also being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/indonesia-to-build-uk-designed-frigates-under-licence\/\">manufactured under licence<\/a> by Indonesian state-owned shipyard PAL for the Indonesian Navy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Will Xavier<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/construction-begins-on-uk-royal-navys-fourth-type-31-frigate\">Go to baird maritime<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Babcock International recently held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the official start of construction of the UK Royal Navy&#8217;s fourth Type 31 or Inspiration-class frigate.<\/p>\n<p>Like her sisters, the future HMS <em>Bulldog<\/em> will be used to conduct missions including counter-terrorism and counter-drug patrols as well as disaster response.<\/p>\n<p>The frigate will be armed with a 57mm naval gun, two 40mm autocannons, and surface-to-air missiles. She will also be fitted with a helicopter deck and space for three small fast boats to be used in at-sea interceptions and boardings.<\/p>\n<aside><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/column-are-we-seeing-a-resurgent-uk-royal-navy-naval-gazing\">COLUMN | Are we seeing a resurgent UK Royal Navy? [Naval Gazing]<\/a><\/aside>\n<p>Babcock intends to deliver all five Type 31 frigates to the Royal Navy by 2028. These will replace the Type 23 ships and will be operated alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/column-the-type-26-global-combat-ship-a-transnational-project-naval-gazing\">Type 26 or City-class frigates<\/a>, which will be dedicated anti-submarine warfare platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/uk-mod-selects-design-of-type-31-frigates\">design<\/a> of the Type 31 ships was developed jointly by Babcock, naval architecture firm BMT and defence technology company Thales.<\/p>\n<p>Variants of the frigates are also being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/security\/naval\/naval-ships\/indonesia-to-build-uk-designed-frigates-under-licence\/\">manufactured under licence<\/a> by Indonesian state-owned shipyard PAL for the Indonesian Navy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,61,3749],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-25482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baird-maritime","category-naval-ships","category-security-vessel-shipbuilding","tag-baird-maritime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}