HMS ''Cardiff'' is the second Batch 1

Type 26 frigate The Type 26 frigate or City-class frigate is a class of frigate being built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, with variants also being built for the Australian and Canadian navies. The programme, known as the Global Combat Ship, was launched ...

to be built for the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

. The first steel was cut on 14 August 2019. The Type 26 class will partially replace the navy's thirteen

Type 23 frigate The Type 23 frigate or Duke class is a class of frigates built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ships are named after British Dukes, thus leading to the class being commonly known as the Duke class. The first Type 23, , was commission ...

s, and will be a multi-mission warship designed for

anti-submarine warfare Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines. Such operations are t ...

, air defence and general purpose operations. The frigate is currently being constructed at the BAE Systems shipyard in Govan, Glasgow along with her sister ships HMS ''Glasgow'' and ''Belfast'' and will be the second to enter production as part of the £3.7 billion contract for the three ships, announced by the MoD in 2017.

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{{Type 26 frigate Type 26 frigates of the Royal Navy