HMS Northumberland (F238)
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Career | |
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Ordered: | December 1989 |
Laid down: | 4 April 1991 |
Launched: | 4 April 1992 |
Commissioned: | 29 November 1994 |
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) |
Draught: | |
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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Range: | |
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: |
HMS Northumberland (F238) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
See HMS Northumberland 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 |