HMS Kent (F78)
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | February 1996 | |
| Laid down: | 16 April 1997 | |
| Launched: | 27 May 1998 | |
| Commissioned: | 8 June 2000 | |
| 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 | |
| Motto: | Invicta | |
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Crest of the HMS Kent
The twelveth ship to bear the name HMS Kent, she is a Type 23 "Duke" class frigate of the British Royal Navy.
The HMS Kent lineage boasts sixteen Battle Honours from the 3 given to the first Kent of 46 guns built in 1653 to the 5 awarded to the ninth and tenth Kents of World War I and World War II.
- See HMS Kent for other ships of the great name.
Sponsered by HRH Princess Alexandra, the HMS Kent was launched on 28 May 1998.
Built by BAe Systems at Scotstoun in Scotland, she was commissioned on 8 June 2000 and is currently based in Portsmouth under the command of Commander Jim Nisbet.
external link
Royal Navy (http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/1572.html) website of the HMS Kent (F78)
| Type 23 frigate |
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