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Guided missile frigate HMS Somerset (F82)

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Classification

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

Basic information

Namesake:
Duke of Somerset
Operator:
Royal NavyRoyal Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
IMO number:
8949680
MMSI number:
234635000

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

Boats & landing craft:
  • 2 * PAC 24 RIBs
Electronics:
  • UAF-1 ESM, or, UAT Mod 1
  • Seagnat
  • Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
  • Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:
  • 1 * 32-cell GWS 35 Vertical Launching System (VLS) for:
  • 32 * Sea Ceptor missiles (1–25+ km) (being fitted in refit as of 2021)
  • Up to 2 * quad Harpoon launchers (8 * missiles)
  • 2 * twin 12.75 in (324 mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes
  • 1 * BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun
  • 2 * 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or, 2 * 30 mm DS30B guns
  • 2 * Miniguns
  • 4 * General-purpose machine gun
Aircraft:
  • 1 * Westland Wildcat HMA2, armed with;
  • 2 * anti-submarine torpedoes or
  • 1 * Westland Merlin HM2, armed with;
  • 4 * anti submarine torpedoes

HMS Somerset is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the eleventh ship of the class to join the fleet since 1989. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd on the River Clyde, in Scotland and was launched in June 1994 by Lady Elspeth Layard, wife of then 2nd Sea Lord Admiral and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command Admiral Sir Michael Layard. She entered service in 1996. Lady Layard is the ship's sponsor. She is named after the Dukedom of Somerset.

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