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The Royal Navy’s Type-23 Duke-class frigates for the UK Royal Navy were designed as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ships but now have a multi-role function. Of the 16 Type 23s built, 12 remain in service with the Royal Navy and will be replaced by the Type-26 frigates before 2035.
The two Type 23 frigates on the chopping block, HMS Argyll and Westminster, have recently been overhauled at major expense to the taxpayer.
HMS Northumberland has completed four months from the Mediterranean to the freezing temperatures of the Arctic Circle.
Finally undocked and back in its natural habitat, HMS Iron Duke will rejoin the fleet.
IAI, Thales to offer "Ship-Killing" SEA SERPENT Missile for Royal Navy Type 23 Frigates Our Bureau 2084 SEA SERPENT Missile The UK Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates could be equipped with "ship-killing" SEA SERPENT missiles produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Thales. "IAI & Thales UK have joined forces to offer SEA SERPENT the most advanced ship-launched anti-surface missile in the free world to equip the Royal Navy Type 23 frigates with an anti-ship and anti-surface missile that can strike targets at ranges significantly in excess of 200km," IAI announced Tuesday. The SEA SERPENT...