Guided missile frigate HMS St Albans (F83)

Guided missile frigate HMS St Albans (F83) 2

Classification

Ship class:

Duke-class frigate (Type 23)

Type:

Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:

Duke of St. Albans

Operator:

Royal Navy

Country of build:

United Kingdom

Builder:

Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd

Laid down:

18 April 1999

Launched:

6 May 2000

Commissioned (service):

6 June 2002

Status:

Active

IMO number:

8949721

MMSI number:

234638000

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) (replacing original Sea Wolf SAM)
Up to 2 * quad Harpoon launchers (8 * missiles) (to be withdrawn by 2023)
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 * AgustaWestland Merlin HM.2, multi role helicopter, of 829 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Culdrose, armed with;
4 * Sting Ray torpedo
4 * Depth charges
2 * General-purpose machine gun
1 * M3M machine gun or
1 * Lynx HMA8, armed with;
4 * Sea Skua anti-ship missiles, or
2 * anti-submarine torpedoes

HMS St Albans is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the sixth ship to bear the name and is the sixteenth and final ship in the 'Duke' class of frigates. She is based in Devonport, Plymouth.

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