HMS Glasgow, first of eight Type 26 Frigates, was moved from one dry dock into another at the BAE Systems yard in Scotstoun, Glasgow to make way for HMS Cardiff, the second of eight, soon leaving the BAE Sytems yard at Govan, Glasgow.

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On this day in 2010 HMS Astute was commissioned into the Royal Navy. HMS Astute symbolises how far the ‘silent service’ has come in a century. Her keel was laid almost 100 years to the day of Holland 1, the first Royal Navy submarine.

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