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Anti-submarine warfare frigate HMS Cardiff (F89)

Anti-submarine warfare frigate HMS Cardiff (F89) 0

Classification

Ship class:
City-class frigate (Type 26)
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
The city of Cardiff
Operator:
Royal NavyRoyal Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
BAE Systems Surface Ships
Ordered:
Laid down:
Status:
Under construction

Ship measurements

Displacement:
6,900 t
Length:
149.9 m
Beam:
20.8 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODLOG (CODELOG)
Propulsion:
  • Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine
  • 4 * MTU diesel generators
  • 2 * electric motors
Speed:
27 knots
Range:
7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) in Electric-Motor (EM) drive

Personnel

Complement:
118

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Type 997 Artisan 3D radar
  • Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar
  • Sonar 2087 (towed array sonar)
  • Ultra Electronics Type 2150 bow sonar
  • SCOT-5 satcom
  • IRVIN-GQ DLF decoys
Armament:
  • Vertical launch Sea Ceptor anti-air missiles — 48 missiles in 12 quad-cells:
  • 24-cell strike-length Mark 41 Vertical Launching System for possible: Tomahawk, ASROC and LRASM
  • Guns:
  • 1 * BAE 5 inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun
  • 2 * 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns
  • 2 * Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 * miniguns
  • 4 * general purpose machine guns
Aircraft:
  • Wildcat, armed with;
  • 4 * anti-ship missiles, or
  • 2 * anti-submarine torpedoes
  • AgustaWestland Merlin, armed with;
  • 4 * anti-submarine torpedoes

HMS Cardiff is the second Batch 1 Type 26 frigate to be built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The first steel was cut on 14 August 2019. The Type 26 class will partially replace the navy's thirteen Type 23 frigates, and will be a multi-mission warship designed for anti-submarine warfare, air defence and general purpose operations.

The frigate is currently being constructed at the BAE Systems shipyard in Govan, Glasgow along with her sister ships HMS Glasgow and Belfast and will be the second to enter production as part of the £3.7 billion contract for the three ships, announced by the MoD in 2017.

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