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New Navy frigate HMS Cardiff makes first journey on giant barge

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HMS Cardiff is the second of eight anti-submarine warfare ships being built at the BAE Systems Govan shipyard in Glasgow .

Semi-submersible barge will carry the 150 m (492ft)-long ship to a deep water site in the west of Scotland .

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 shipyard.

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