HMS St Albans (F83)
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| Ordered: | February 1996 |
| Laid down: | 18 April 1999 |
| Launched: | 6 May 2000 |
| Commissioned: | 6 June 2002 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
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| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel and Gas): 2 Rolls Royce spey boost turbines 4 GEC Paxman-Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors |
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| Complement: | 185 |
| Armament: | Two quad Harpoon launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles 4.5 inch (110 mm) Mk 8 gun Two 30 mm guns Two magazine launched anti-submarine torpedo tubes NATO Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers |
| Aircraft: | Lynx HMA8 |
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HMS St. Albans (F83) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
In early 2004 the ship was deployed on Operation Oracle duties in the Arabian Sea.
See HMS St Albans for other ships of the same name.
| Type 23 frigate |
| Norfolk | Argyll | Lancaster | Marlborough | Iron Duke | Monmouth | Montrose | Westminster | Northumberland | Richmond | Somerset | Grafton | Sutherland | Kent | Portland | St Albans |
| List of frigates of the Royal Navy |
External Links
Royal Navy: HMS St Albans (http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/3487.html)sl:HMS St. Albans (F83)