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Guided missile frigate HMS Marlborough (F233)

Guided missile frigate HMS Marlborough (F233) 0Guided missile frigate HMS Marlborough (F233) 1

Classification

Ship class:
Duke-class frigate (Type 23)
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Duke of Marlborough
Renaming:
  • CNS Almirante Condell (FF06) (28.05.2008 — present)
Operator:
Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile)Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile) Royal NavyRoyal Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Transfer to Chilean Navy

Ship measurements

Displacement:
4,900 t
Length:
133 m
Beam:
16.1 m
Draft:
7.3 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODLAG (CODELAG)
Propulsion:
  • 2 * Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines, 34,000 hp (25,000 kW)
  • 4 * Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel engines, (4 * 1510 KW / 2025 shp)
  • 2 * GEC electric motors (1.5 MW, 4,400 hp)
Speed:
28 knots
Range:
7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
185

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • TRS-4D G-band active scanning radar
  • 2050 sonar
  • Type 2087 sonar (Installed during year 2014 refit)
  • UAF-1 ESM
  • 675 ECM jammer
  • Seagnat ECCM
Armament:
  • 2 * ASuW Harpoon quad launchers
  • 32 CAMM Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles
  • 1 * BAE 4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun
  • 2 * Oerlikon 30 mm guns
  • 4 * Sting Ray torpedo tubes
  • Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers
Aircraft:
  • 1 * Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma or 1 * Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin

HMS Marlborough is a Duke-class Type 23 frigate formerly in service with the Royal Navy, and the sixth ship to bear the name. She was named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. The ship entered service with the Royal Navy in 1991 and served in the Middle East. The frigate was taken out of service in 2005 and sold to Chile. The vessel entered service with the Chilean Navy in 2008 as Almirante Condell. The ship was significantly upgraded from 2020 to 2021 and remains in service.

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