Glasgow
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Batch 1 | |||||||
| Glasgow | BAE, Scotstoun | 2018 | 2021 | 2023 | building (2019) | ||
| Belfast | BAE, Scotstoun | ordered (2019) | |||||
| Cardiff | BAE, Scotstoun | ordered (2019) | |||||
| Batch 2 | |||||||
| Birmingham | BAE, Scotstoun | planned (2019) | |||||
| Sheffield | BAE, Scotstoun | planned (2019) | |||||
| Newcastle | BAE, Scotstoun | planned (2019) | |||||
| Edinburgh | BAE, Scotstoun | planned (2019) | |||||
| London | BAE, Scotstoun | planned (2019) | |||||
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Displacement standard, t |
5400 |
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Displacement full, t |
6800 |
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Length, m |
149.0 |
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Breadth, m |
20.8 |
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Draught, m |
7.20 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
CODLOG: 1 Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine / 4 MTU 20V4000 M35B diesel-generators, 2 General Electric electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
47500 / 16300 |
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Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil + diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
7000(15) |
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Armament |
1 x 16 Tomahawk CruM / Storm Shadow CruM (16 BGM-109 / SCAP Naval), 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84), 1 x 48 FLAADS SAM (VLS, 48 Sea Ceptor), 1 x 1 - 127/62 OTO-Melara LW, 2 x 1 - 30/75 DS-30B Mk 2, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 2 - 324 TT, 1 helicopter (Merlin) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 997, surface search, navigation radars, type 2050, type 2087 sonars, ECM suite, 2x decoy LR, SSTDS torpedo defence system, CMS-1 CCS |
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Complement |
118 + 36 commandos |
Project history: First 3 ships of Batch 1 were ordered 1.7.2017, first steel for Glasgow was cut 20.7.2017. Replacement for type 23 (Norfolk class). Programme had many names: FSC (Future Surface Combatant), VSC (Versatile Surface Combatant), Pathfinder, S2C2 (Sustained Surface Combatant Capability) and finally GCS (Global Combat Ship). Fin stabilizers. There are hangar for one Merlin or two Wildcat helicopters and a small hangar for UAVs. 4 fast 9m RIBs can be launched via stern ramp. Installation of 155mm gun instead of 127mm is planned. Accommodations for 208 people are envisaged. 5 ships of Batch 2 will be built under modified design as type 31.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2019