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HMS Iron Duke F234 - IMO 8949628
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| Photographer: | Chris Hunsicker [View profile] | Title: | HMS Iron Duke F234 | Added: | May 07, 2008 | | Captured: | May 02, 2008 | IMO: | 8949628 | Hits: | 1,186 | | Location: | Portsmouth, United Kingdom | | Photo Category: |
Frigates | | Description: | Inside Portsmouth harbour. 2-05-08
HMS Iron Duke F234
Career (UK)
HMS Iron Duke Operator: Royal Navy Ordered: July 1988 Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders Laid down: 12 December 1988 Launched: 2 March 1991 Commissioned: 20 May 1993 Motto: Virtutis Fortuna Comes "Fortune is the companion of valour" Fate: Active in service as of 2008 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
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| | Name: | N/A | | IMO: | 8949628 | | Pennant no.: | F234 |
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