The ageing HMS Sutherland was noted to have required more than 600 structural inserts as part of its refit period.

UK Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland has set sail for training after a four-year service life extension (LIFEX), ...

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 ...

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 said HMS Sutherland was the final Type 23 frigate to receive the life extension upgrades by defence company Babcock, allowing it to continue service into the mid-2030s. It said ...

Starting this week, the new baseport for the Type 23 General Purpose frigate has been moved from Portsmouth to Plymouth. HMS Iron Duke will join the six anti-submarine warfare Type 23 frigates ...

HMS Iron Duke, a Type 23 Duke-class frigate, set off for Plymouth to join her sister ships as a base of operations. Devonport will now host all of the UK’s frigates with the aim to streamline ...

the Russian combat ship was escorted by the Royal Navy’s type 23 frigate Richmond MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. The Black Sea Fleet’s Project 11356 missile frigate Admiral Grigorovich is ...