The disclosure by the UK government that one of its Type 23 frigates, HMS Sutherland, will soon return to operations after a four-year-long refit offers a slight fillip for a Royal Navy that is ...

The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate has had a longer-than-usual period of life extension work due to the COVID pandemic and her age. More new steel has been fitted to the ship than in any other ...

The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate was involved in a collision at sea when a piece of the ship’s underwater tracking equipment came into contact with a Russian submarine, it has been revealed.

A HEAVILY armed Russian warship has been spotted escorting a huge sanctioned cargo vessel through the English Channel in ...

CHILLING images have revealed Russian sailors ready to attack as a warship passed through the English Channel – under the watchful eye of the Royal Navy. The heavily armed vessel was escorting a ...

The five-vessel Type 31 class was envisaged as a general purpose vessel to balance the RN’s frigate fleet, including the ageing Duke-class Type 23 and the significantly more high-end anti-submarine ...

Eight City-class frigates are being constructed by BAE Systems, with the modern warships due to replace their Type 23 counterparts. Mark Francois, Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford ...

The move of the HMS Iron Duke to Plymouth now means that all of the UK's frigates are based in Devonport. Thats according to Luke Pollard, MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, who has welcomed ...

HMS Somerset, a Type 23 frigate, “watched every move” as the warship and cargo ship transited the North Sea and Channel, deploying its Merlin helicopter to gather intelligence while working ...