Kate formally names new Royal Navy warship HMS Glasgow

The Princess of Wales has formally named the Royal Navy’s latest warship HMS Glasgow in a rite at the River Clyde.

It is the primary of 8 Type 26 frigates to be constructed via BAE Systems at its Glasgow shipbuilding amenities in Govan and Scotstoun.

Catherine, accompanied via the Prince of Wales, smashed a bottle of whisky towards the hull within the conventional naming rite.

HMS Glasgow was once laid down at BAE’s Govan backyard in 2017 and introduced on the finish of 2022, when she was once floated off a different barge into the Clyde.

Blessing the send as its respectable sponsor, Catherine stated: “I name this ship Glasgow. May God bless her and all who serve in her.”

The match incorporated a flypast from an RAF Poseidon plane from HMS Glasgow’s affiliated CXX Squadron.

It is the second one time in a month that the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, as Prince William and Princess Catherine are identified in Scotland, had been north of the border.

They celebrated their 14th wedding ceremony anniversary at the Isle of Mull in April.

BAE Systems managing director Simon Lister stated the rite was once a “historic moment for the Type 26 programme, the city of Glasgow and the thousands of people involved”.

He added: “The naming of HMS Glasgow is a significant step towards this cutting-edge vessel joining the Royal Navy fleet and demonstrates our solid progress in delivering these powerful new ships.”

While some sides of a standard naming rite have been upheld, BAE Systems deserted conventional “dynamic” slipway launches at the Clyde 14 years in the past.

The army company now favours the “float off” means, which is extra managed and lets in a vessel to be introduced in a extra whole state.

The 150m (492feet)-long send, which could have a workforce of 161, is the 9th Royal Navy warship to be named after Glasgow.

The Royal Navy’s Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral, Sir Martin Connell, stated the send was once “a pure-bred Anti-Submarine Warfare platform, setting the standard for naval warfare”.

All 8 of the Type 26 vessels are named after a UK’s town – Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Edinburgh and London.

HMS Cardiff introduced in August 2024 and paintings has began at the subsequent ships, HMS Belfast, HMS Birmingham and HMS Sheffield.

The frigates are anticipated to go into provider between 2028 and the mid-2030s.

Their function will come with protective the plane carriers and Trident submarines.