Inside Portsmouth harbour. 2-05-08

CNS Almirante Condell FF06 ex-HMS Marlborough (F233)

Career (UK)
Name: HMS Marlborough (F233) Operator: Royal Navy Ordered: September 1986 Builder: Swan Hunter Laid down: 27 October 1987 Launched: 21 January 1989 Commissioned: 14 June 1991 Decommissioned: 8 July 2005 Motto: S'en Vat'en Guerre"He Goes to War" Fate: Sold to Chile

Career (Chile)

Operator: Chilean Navy Commissioned: 2008 Renamed: CNS Almirante Condell General characteristics Class and type: 'Duke' Class Type 23 frigate Displacement: 4,900 tonnes Length: 133 m (463 ft 3 in) Beam: 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) Draught: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) 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 (52 km/h)
15 knots (28 km/h) on diesel-electric Range: 7,800 nautical miles (14,400 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) Complement: 185 Armament: 2 × ASuW Harpoon quad launchers
Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles
1 × 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 carried: 1 × Lynx HMA8