Leaving Portsmouth harbour, 26/7/06

HMS Monouth F235
Ordered: July 1988 Laid down: 1 June 1989 Launched: 23 November 1991
Commissioned: 24 September 1993 Fate: Active in service as of 2006.
General Characteristics
Displacement: 4,900 tonnes Length: 133 m (463 ft) Beam: 16.1 m (52.9 ft)
Draught: 7.3 m
Propulsion: CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors
Speed: 28 knots, 15 knots on diesel electric Range: 7,800 miles at 15 knots
Complement: 185
Armament: 2 ASuW Harpoon quad launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles BAE 4.5 inch (110 mm) Mk 8 gun 2 Oerlikon 30 mm guns
4 Sting Ray torpedo tubes Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers Aircraft: Lynx HMA8