HMS Cardiff was carried down the Clyde this afternoon. . (Image: George Munro)
A GIANT barge carried the Royal Navy's newest Type 26 frigate past Inverclyde earlier this afternoon as it made its first journey down the River Clyde.
HMS Cardiff is the second of eight anti-submarine warfare ships being constructed at the BAE Systems Govan shipyard in Glasgow.
The semi-submersible barge is carrying the 150m (492ft)-long ship to a deep water site in the west of Scotland where in the coming days it will be gently lowered into the water for the first time.
The £1.2bn warship will then be towed back upriver to BAE's Scotstoun site where 'fitting out' work will continue to prepare the ship for delivery.
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