Фрегати класу Duke (Type 23)

Основна інформація

Тип:

Фрегат

Оператори:

Військово-морські сили Чилі (Armada de Chile)

Королівські військово-морські сили Великої Британії

Країна будівництва:

Велика Британія

Компанія будівник:

Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson BAE Systems Surface Ships

Планувалось:

Побудовано:

Списано:

На службі:

1990 – даний час (34 роки)

Головні розміри

Водотоннажність:

4 900 т

Довжина:

133 м

Ширина:

16.1 м

Осадка:

7.3 м

Машина

Комбінована установка:

CODLAG (CODELAG)

Силова установка:

4 * 1,510 kW (2,025 hp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators (Non-PGMU ships)
4 * 1,650 kW (2,210 shp) MTU 12V4000 M53 diesel generators (PGMU ships)
2 * GEC electric motors delivering 2,980 kW (3,996 hp) each
2 * Rolls-Royce Marine Spey SM1C delivering 19,500 kW (26,150 hp)

Швидкість:

28 вуз

Дальність плавання:

7,500 nmi (14,000 km; 9,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Персонал

Екіпаж:

185

Загальна місткість:

205

Бойові сили та засоби

Човни і десантні катери:

2 * Pacific 24 RIBs

Електроніка:

UAT Mod 1
Seagnat
Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Surface Ship Torpedo Defence

Озброєння:

Anti-air missiles:
1 * 32-cell Sea Ceptor GWS 35 Vertical Launching System (VLS) canisters for 32 missiles (1–25+ km) (replacing original Sea Wolf SAM)
Anti-ship missiles:
up to 2 * quad Harpoon launchers (to be withdrawn by 2023)
Anti-submarine torpedoes:
2 * twin 12.75 in (324 mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes
Guns:
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 guns

Авіація:

1 * Wildcat HMA2, armed with:
2 * anti-submarine torpedoes (Martlet and Sea Venom ASM initially deployed with RN carrier strike group helicopters in 2021) or
1 * Westland Merlin HM2, armed with;
4 * anti-submarine torpedoes

The Type 23 frigate or Duke class is a class of frigates built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ships are named after British Dukes, thus leading to the class being commonly known as the Duke class. The first Type 23, HMS Norfolk, was commissioned in 1989, and the sixteenth, HMS St Albans was commissioned in June 2002. They form the core of the Royal Navy's destroyer and frigate fleet and serve alongside the Type 45 destroyers. They were designed for anti-submarine warfare, but have been used for a range of uses. Twelve Type 23 frigates remain in service with the Royal Navy, with three vessels having been sold to the Chilean Navy, and one being retired in 2021.

The Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates will be replaced by the Type 26 Global Combat Ship and the Type 31 frigate. As of 2021 it is anticipated that HMS St Albans will be the last to retire from the Royal Navy, in 2035.