SHIPYARD workers in Glasgow welcomed a special visitor to see progress on the latest type 26 frigate.

Classical singer Katherine Jenkins took a trip to Govan to meet the shipbuilders working on HMS Cardiff.

The mezzo-soprano, famous for her renditions of classics including Time to Say Goodbye, was taken on a tour of the year and on to HMS Cardiff which is on the hardstand on the Clydeside nearing completion before being floated off later this year.

The Welsh superstar, who is named as a sponsor of the second Type 26 City Class frigate, was given an insight into the evolution of the eight frigates being built for the Royal Navy.

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The star, listed as the best selling classical artist of the century by Classic FM, was invited by the Royal Navy to accept the honour of Shop Sponsor due to her work with the Armed Forces around the world.

The honorary title and role is historically served to bestow good luck and divine protection upon a ship.
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HMS Cardiff is the second of eight Type 26 frigates being built on the Clyde.

HMS Glasgow, the first, has left Govan and is at Scotstoun being fitted out.

Work on HMS Belfast and Birmingham is also underway, in the early stages in the ship hall in the Govan yard.

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The contract for the second batch, (five ships) worth, £4bn will take shipbuilding in Glasgow in the 2030s.

To complete the remaining ships BAE is building a huge new Ship Hall at the yard, part of a £300m modernisation and digitisation programme, which will allow two frigates side by side to be built indoors, improving conditions for the workers and speeding up the delivery of the ships to the Royal Navy.

A new Applied Shipbuilding Academy is also under construction in South Street at the Scotstoun yard.