The UK and Norway will operate a nearly identical Type 26 frigate design, offering commonality and joint command prospects.

The Type 26 frigate programme, once hailed as a beacon of British naval innovation, has stumbled over a series of obstacles. These are not isolated incidents, but indications of wider failure which ...

A long awaited decision on the Royal Norwegian Navy’s next generation warships was announced on Aug. 31, with Norwegian PM Jonas Støre confirming the procurement of UK-designed Type 26 frigates in a ...

New images of HMS Glasgow show the Royal Navy's first Type 26 frigate taking shape on the Clyde as the 8,000-tonne warship moves closer to sea trials.

HMS Birmingham is the fourth of the anti-submarine warships being built in Glasgow.

The bow section of future frigate HMS Birmingham has arrived on the River Clyde ahead of final assembly in Glasgow.

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, centre, flanked by Norway's Minister of Defence Tore O. Sandvik, left, and Chief of Defence Eirik Kristoffersen, reports on the status of the purchase of ...

According to British defense officials, the sale of five Type 26 frigates to Norway is the largest warship export deal in UK history. Norway has decided to purchase five “Type 26” frigates from the ...

Norway just struck a major $13.5 billion deal with the UK to acquire new Type 26 frigates. The frigates specialize in anti-submarine warfare, a key operation in the North Atlantic. A NATO official ...

LONDON (AP) — Norway has agreed to buy at least five new British anti-submarine ships in a deal valued at 10 billion pounds ($13.5 billion) as the two nations deepen their cooperation to counter ...