As the Royal Family continued Holyrood Week, Prince William has visited a major shipyard in Glasgow.
On the morning of Tuesday June 29, the Earl of Strathearn was at BAE Systems where work is underway on a major new combat vessel for the British Royal Navy.
During his visit, Prince William had an advance look at their newest model, the City Class Type 26 Global Combat Ship, which will provide the newest technology in protecting aircraft carriers against enemy submarines.
The Earl of Strathearn, as William is known in Scotland, cut the first steel panel for the building of one specific ship, the HMS Belfast, which will be the third combat frigate of this type to be built in the shipyard.
Embed from Getty ImagesThis type of vessel will be built using the latest pieces of military technology, and the Earl of Strathearn got to chat with BAE Systems’s apprentices, who are working to hone their technological skills on this new project, and was given a tour of another important vessel, HMS Glasgow, by electrical apprentice Cara Shannon, who is working on the ship’s programme.
The HMS Glasgow is being constructed at the moment, and the HMS Belfast will be the next ship to be built.
After his tour, Prince William delivered a short speech, in which he thanked the workers for their reception, highlighted his family’s profound ties with the Royal Navy and announced that Her Majesty the Queen has approved of the Duchess of Cambridge as Sponsor for the HMS Glasgow.
Prince William can boast strong ties to the Royal Navy, not only having several family members who were part of it (most notably his grandfather, Prince Philip, who served as a Royal Navy Lieutenant during World War II), but also because he himself trained in the Royal Navy as part of his education as the future King.
