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Anti-submarine warfare frigate HMS Belfast (F90)

Anti-submarine warfare frigate HMS Belfast (F90) 0

Classification

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

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Belfast
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:
157

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Type 997 Artisan 3D radar
  • Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar
  • Terma SCANTER 6000 2D X-Band navigation radar
  • Sonar 2087 (towed array sonar)
  • Ultra Electronics Type 2150 bow sonar
  • SCOT-5 satcom
  • IRVIN-GQ DLF decoys
Armament:
  • Missiles:
  • 12-cell VLS for 48 Sea Ceptor anti-air missiles
  • 24-cell Mark 41 VLS for Tomahawk, VL-ASROC, CAMM or ESSM (quadpacked), and anti-ship missiles.
  • Guns:
  • 1 * 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:
  • Accommodation for two helicopters:
  • Wildcat, armed with;
  • 4 * anti-ship missiles, or
  • 2 * anti-submarine torpedoes
  • 20 * Martlet multirole air-surface missiles
  • Mk 11 depth charges
  • AgustaWestland Merlin, armed with;
  • 4 * anti-submarine torpedoes

HMS Belfast is a Type 26 frigate of the Royal Navy and the second vessel named after the Northern Ireland capital Belfast. In September 2017, her name was announced by the First Sea Lord. HM ships' names are selected by the Ships' Names and Badges Committee. HMS Belfast (C35) was renamed to HMS Belfast (1938) by the Imperial War Museum to avoid confusion. She was ordered on 2 July 2017. The first steel was cut on HMS Belfast 29 June 2021 by HRH The Duke of Cambridge.

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