The ship is being assembled on the River Clyde in Glasgow.[16] The first steel was cut for Glasgow in July 2017 with the ship expected to be delivered in 2024 and operational in about 2026.[17][18][19] However, those dates have since moved to the right. In January 2018, work started on the second hull section.[20]
In January 2020, the Royal Navy announced that the ship was more than halfway through construction.[21]
In July 2020, the Royal Navy announced that work on the final section of Glasgow has started.[22]
HMS Glasgow in August 2022
On 18 April 2021, the fore section of the ship moved out from its building shed on the Clyde.
On 1 May 2021, was joined with its aft section for the first time.[23][24]
In October 2022, the Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, stated that the initial operating capability (IOC) for the ship had slipped from 2027 to 2028.[25]
On 25 November 2022 the vessel began its launching process,[26] by being rolled onto the Malin Augstea semi-submersiblelaunch barge CD01, then towed down river to the Firth of Clyde and up Loch Long to the Glen Mallan jetty where it was launched a week after the process started, using the "float off" method. The frigate was then towed back upriver to the BAE Scotstoun shipyard for fitting out.[27]
On 13 May 2023, the Global press reported that fitting out had been temporarily suspended, after workers reported the ships cabling had been sabotaged, the UK Defence Journal reporting that around 60 of the ship's cables had been cut, sabotage possibly related to a pay dispute.[28][29]
Commissioning was anticipated by late 2026 to be followed by a work-up period prior to reaching initial operating capability.[30]
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