St Albans was one of the many vessels taking part in Portsmouth's D-Day 75 commemorations that day

Builders: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow
Laid down: April 18th 1999
Launched: May 6th 2000
Commissioned: June 6th 2002
Homeport: HMNB Portsmouth
Nickname: 'The Saint'
Status: In active service

Class: Type-23 Frigate
Displacement: 4,900 tons
Length: 436 feet 4 inches
Beam: 52 feet 10 inches
Draught: 23 feet 11 inches
Propulsion: CODLAG: 4 1510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators, 2 GEC electric motors delivering 2980kW (4000 shp). 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp)
Top speed: 28+ knots
Range: 7,500 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Electronic warfare & decoys: UAF-1 ESM, or, UAT Mod 1 Seagnat, Type 182 towed torpedo decoy, Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament: 1 32-cell Sea Wolf GWS.26 VLS canisters for 32: Sea Wolf (range 1–10 km) or Sea Ceptor missiles (1–25+ km),2 quad Harpoon missile launchers, 2 twin 12.75-inch Sting Ray torpedo tubes, 1 BAE 4.5-inch Mk 8 naval gun, 2 30mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or 2 30mm DS30B guns, 2 Miniguns, 4 general-purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried: 1 × AgustaWestland Merlin HM.2 multi role helicopter of 829 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Culdrose, armed with Sting Ray torpedoes, 4 depth charges, 2 × general-purpose machine guns & 1 M3M machine gun
Aviation facilities: Flight deck & enclosed hangar