Babcock has marked two major milestones at its Rosyth shipyard in Scotland as the keel was laid for HMS Formidable, the third ...

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 leaders ...

Type 31 frigates will handle general duties, including maritime security, disaster relief, and counter-smuggling.

A SCOTTISH dockyard will help build new American nuclear-powered submarines. Defence firm Babcock, and its facility at the Rosyth dockyards in Fife, has entered into a new contract with HII, the ...

A “significant milestone” has been reached in a critical shipbuilding project to bolster the Royal Navy fleet with modern vessels. The keel has been laid for the third Type 31 warship HMS Formidable ...

Chatham Grammar School for Boys is giving the ship's flag a permanent home along with memorabilia from the HMS Formidable Association. Also known as the ship that launched herself, HMS Formidable ...

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Henry Souter, 27, was among 512 sailors and 35 officers who perished in the sinking of the HMS Formidable on January 1, 1915 A Thornaby sailor who lost his life when his ship was torpedoed in the ...

The names of five next-generation Type-31 frigates for the Royal Navy have been announced. Approved by HM The Queen, the vessels will be named HMS Active, HMS Bulldog, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Formidable ...

A parent approached the HMS Formidable Association after researching the ship's name A Medway secondary school has accepted the colours of World War II aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. Chatham Grammar ...

A Medway secondary school has accepted the colours of World War II aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. Chatham Grammar School for Boys is giving the ship's flag a permanent home along with memorabilia ...