::Global Combat Ship
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The Global Combat Ship (GCS) also known as the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, or simply Type 26 frigate, is a ship design and construction programme of the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom, to replace the thirteen Type 23 frigates of the Royal Navy and for export.
The programme started in 1998, named "Future Surface Combatant (FSC)". In March 2010 BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships was awarded a four-year contract to develop the Type 26 Global Combat Ship.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The design passed Main Gate 1,<ref name=WT201105>{{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}</ref> with Demonstration Phase starting 1 April 2015,<ref name=Fallon20150223 /> with manufacturing planned to begin in 2016<ref name=Fallon20150223 /> and the first Type 26 to be delivered in 2022.<ref name=Fallon20150223 />
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The Global Combat Ship (GCS) also known as the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, or simply Type 26 frigate, is a ship design and construction programme of the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom, to replace the thirteen Type 23 frigates of the Royal Navy and for export.
The programme started in 1998, named "Future Surface Combatant (FSC)". In March 2010 BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships was awarded a four-year contract to develop the Type 26 Global Combat Ship.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The design passed Main Gate 1,<ref name=WT201105>{{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}</ref> with Demonstration Phase starting 1 April 2015,<ref name=Fallon20150223 /> with manufacturing planned to begin in 2016<ref name=Fallon20150223 /> and the first Type 26 to be delivered in 2022.<ref name=Fallon20150223 />
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