Taking a broader view of the fleet, Lord Boyce said: “Our number of frigates and destroyers are anorexic, and this has been exacerbated by the Type 45 problem. ”We embarked upon an eight-ship ...

A senior official of the UK Ministry of Defence has said that the Royal Navy’s current escort fleet of just eight Type 23 frigates and six Type 45 destroyers is a “credible force” able to ...

China's first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, makes a training debut in a maritime replenishment exercise in the Yellow Sea in March 2025. Photo: Screenshot from China Central Television After its ...

the Type 45 destroyers, the forthcoming type 26 frigates, are of course much more powerful than the ships that sailed to liberate the Falkland Islands”.

A frigate specialises in anti-submarine warfare ... about how exciting it was that the Royal Navy’s then brand-new Type 45 destroyer was soon coming ‘East of Suez’. He interrupted me ...