Second Type 26 Frigate, HMS Cardiff taken down the Clyde to be floated off

[@cleo1488]

The most beautiful modern day ship.

[@StuartBtn]

Had two happy years serving on the previous HMS Cardiff in the early 90’s would love an invite up to the commissioning ceremony, twice as many crew on the D108 😂

[@malcolmjcullen]

@@Вивсівідстій No need to be a dick.

[@jazzmandan7056]

I seriously hope that the two yards (this one and Irving for 🇨🇦) are in communication with each other with to regards to manufacturing and all else..

[@lg_believe333]

When we work together we can do great things. 🇨🇦🤝🇬🇧 ✨

[@InfinitePlain]

Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia makes it three locations building Type 26.

[@PeterLorimer-ji5ut]

Canada needs those ships faster than we will get them so they should be tooling up Davie for some sub-assemblies The Brits will de-bug the design ahead of us. The power plant is a bit revolutionary.

[@tinysaxon3826]

Good looking ship !

[@Chuck59ish]

Canada's getting the same class, calling them River Class destroyers.

[@kimkristensen2816]

@@Вивсівідстій Russian bot. Russia has the second strongest navy after Ukraine

[@445Navigator]

@@kimkristensen2816 More likely a Russian draft dodging troll.

[@lg_believe333]

🇨🇦🫶🇬🇧

[@Spendingryan]

​​@Вивсівідстій your country has lost countless ships to a enemy with no navy, how did you even lose something as big and high tonnage as a cruiser?

[@Chuck59ish]

@@Вивсівідстій Since you are a Russian bot, you need to that Canada would need at least 10 of the Type 26 destroyers, 5 for each ocean and 2 for spare when 1 of the active ships are in for maintenance while we are track all ofv the Russian fleets by satellites.

[@DouglasThomson-pl6sl]

Given that at one time the Clyde accounted for 20% of the world's ship building it always amazed me given how narrow it is [see video] in comparison to other major rivers. I suppose the launch of The Queen Mary wouldn't have been quite as iconic if there had been no champagne and it had been serenely floated down stream .

[@peterpaszczak4013]

I don't think you can compare the two, different size, profile, tonnage, displacement, even where the QM was launched into the mouth of the River Cart at John Browns yard where the Clyde is much wider than it is at Govan...no comparison at all.

[@DouglasThomson-pl6sl]

@@peterpaszczak4013 The fact remains that the Clyde is exceptionally narrow for such a prolific producer of ships notwithstanding that area at the Cart. It's no Mersey that's for sure.

[@peterpaszczak4013]

@@DouglasThomson-pl6sl ...but at the height of the British ship building industry still managed to build 2/3rds of the ships to come out of British shipyards. In this case size isn't everything.

[@Horizon344]

This is just her structure, right, she's now being fitted out?

[@dannyblackwell2426]

yes HMS Cardiff is just her structure and Glasgow is nearly finished being fitted out.

[@pxrays547]

Yes, they should have a good sound system to listen to the hot beats!

[@andrewhayes7055]

Another 4yrs before she is operational!

[@paultanton4307]

@@dannyblackwell2426 Glasgow is about 65-70% there,still a very long time before she sails,2026-27 likely.

[@notsomalicious4435]

Wow! When BAE Systems work properly they really do work! If only they could be more reliable and consistent maybe we’d get our money’s worth from our defence budget then. Right now we are being ripped off.

[@peterpaszczak4013]

BAE has a good record of producing contracts on time and a lot of contracts come in under budget, unlike Fergusson Marine.

[@lg_believe333]

I think your right but I think it has a lot to do with the government and civil servants getting in the way of planning and development which adds excessive, unnecessary bureaucracy to the process.

[@meeveryday123]

Wow that's huge

[@PeterLorimer-ji5ut]

BZ Great ships they will be.

[@lg_believe333]

When I look at developments like this with the Type 26 taking shape it gives me hope about the U.K.. If only the government and civil servants would get out of the way of planning and development and let our smartest people, including inventors, scientists and engineers get on with the job in developing what’s needed to make this country great again. It’s like we are walking blindfolded with our hands tied behind our backs. How can the U.K. hold its head up high in this world when we know we aren’t at our best. That’s the same for Canada and Australia and New Zealand. America has problems too but their government doesn’t hold back their progress.

[@cathybrind2381]

You reckon?

[@tinysaxon3826]

The Government needs to quicken the commissioning of these lovely looking ships ! I pity the male saliors though ! Less crew, means the males will be doing most of the heavy work !

[@tinysaxon3826]

How far forward are the other builds ? T26s and 31s ??

[@paultanton4307]

T26 - Belfast construction well under way,Birmingham in progress too,plus New Build Shed/Facility nearing completion.T31 Venturer should see daylight and water by this years end,Active in parrallel build alongside Venturer.

[@timholmes5832]

My only gripe is……. We should be building more rather than the type 31 .

[@Akm72]

The 1998 strategic defence review said we needed 20 frigates. Even with 14 Type 26s (the original number), we would still need 6 Type 31s to reach 20 in total. In other words; "Why not both?"

[@andrewhayes7055]

There's no money in the pot expect Starmer to cancel at least four of the class in favour of the cheap type 31 option

[@Akm72]

@@andrewhayes7055 It depends on the penalties for cancellation.

[@paultanton4307]

@@Akm72 Nitpicking but T26 number was 13 not 14 👍

[@Akm72]

@@paultanton4307 Was it? Then I remembered wrong. Sorry if so! EDIT: Well I never, you're correct. Just looked it up. I've had the number 14 in my memory for years now! 🤦‍♂

[@donaldmatthews7226]

Now if only they could fit an adequate armament that befits a vessel of this size

[@RR-us2kp]

And a radar that doesn't belong on a coast guard opv

[@smoketinytom]

Who chose this music?

[@DH.2016]

Given the title of this video, it was good to see the aerial shots of HMS Cardiff being carried down river but, honestly, slightly disappointing to see only half of the video devoted to her passage with the other half devoted to almost endless repeated views of HMS Glasgow. Fortunately, I was able to see her up close today in person as she swept by and as she approached HMS Glasgow, I imagine that the sudden blaring of horns, etc., was intended as a greeting to say hello to her older sister at that point in her journey.

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@kimkristensen2816]

Beautiful ship but to few missiles

[@JusticeAlways]

Lots of naval experts here in comments...😅

[@redstihl9027]

Bring back kms bismarck and HMS hood

[@Orbital_Inclination]

HMS Hood didn't last very well

[@thecurlew7403]

Wonder how much trouble this class will give they say dauntless type 45 has now been in maintenance lo ger than actually service what joke .😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@alphadevastator6140]

All ships have trouble but we are honest about ours unlike other countries who hide negative news. Just think it could always be worse with the black sea fleet sunk with the remaining units running scared back to russia

[@thecurlew7403]

@alphadevastator6140 All ships give trouble ? That's nonsense ships 🚢 in the past never give these kinds of trouble. This is senseless to say a billion dollar ship should be useless for long periods of time in war she be useless the RN is not fit for purpose now the new subs are not working very well either .🇬🇧🤔

[@ipdavid1043]

Oops....

[@59patrickw]

do the tax payers of the UK get a 10 year build quality assurance and free repair??? if not why not you do on a new home

[@johnwhite626]

Just to remind you - these vessels are built on the Clyde !!! Build quality is therefor superb.

[@bytesback.]

Yes, every household will be delivered a 10yr guarantee.

[@pxrays547]

@@bytesback. Except the oven

[@bytesback.]

@@pxrays547 Yeah, that's a consumable like the missiles.

[@pxrays547]

@@bytesback. HA! Yes, wonder about the end of warranty date of anti-shipping missiles.

[@randlerobbertson8792]

Labour going to cancel.the rest.

[@paulhasan-richardson2215]

Labour built the last Nimrod variant, the Tories cancelled it when elected and within a week the nearly completed airframes were being cut up. An inconvenient truth for you there. IT is not about party but political expediency!!

[@randlerobbertson8792]

@paulhasan-richardson2215 I think the common theme here is our politicians aren't very good when it comes to spending our money wisely.

[@paulhasan-richardson2215]

True

[@kdum8]

@@paulhasan-richardson2215 Nimrod needed cancelling to be fair. We'll get all eight ships. It's not enough, but better than nothing.

[@ArgelValenzuela-p9z]

🇵🇭 i guess,,😅

[@captainbuggernut9565]

😂

[@seungwooham3204]

위대한 대영제국이 다시 한번 일어서길 바랍니다 세계를 위협하는 중국 러시아 이란 북한 등의 나라들을 사라지게 해주세여

[@RR-us2kp]

Beautiful ship. Horrible music

[@joells371]

Meanwhile the US Navy continues to flounder with delays and cost over-runs. Makes me wonder!!!