Formidable is the third of five Type 31 frigates now under construction, alongside HMS Venturer and Active which are taking shape in the huge assembly hall specially built for them.
Major military projects including shipbuilding programmes could end up overbudget and not be completed on time.
The steel cutting ceremony for HMS Formidable took place at the Rosyth shipyard in Fife, Scotland earlier today (October 9).
With a blinding arc of light as the laser cutter sliced through steel plate, work started this week on the Royal Navy’s new frigate HMS Formidable. Watched by political, military and business ...
Most of the Royal Navy’s procurement programmes have been given an amber rating in a report by the UK government.
THE minister for defence for the UK Government paid a visit to Rosyth Dockyard as work continues on Royal Navy Type 31 frigates.