According to a press release published by BAE Systems on June 29, 2021, in a steel-cut ceremony at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow, His Royal Highness, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, set the plasma cutting machine to work on the first plate of steel for the third Type 26 frigate, HMS BELFAST.
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| Future Type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow (Picture source: Twitter account of Cambridgeroyall) |

