[b][color=CC3300]H.M.S. SOMERSET[/color][/b] 07.09.2009 river Thames
F82
built by Yarrow [Shipbuilders] Limited on the Clyde
launched 25 June 1994
Commisioned 20 September 1996
Displacement: 4,900 tonnes
Length: 133m / 436ft
Beam: 16.1m / 52.9ft
Complement: 185
Armament 2 × ASuW Harpoon quad launchers
Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles
1 × BAE 4.5 inch (113 mm) Mk 8 gun
2 × DS30M 30 mm guns[1]
4 × Sting Ray torpedo tubes
Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers
Sensors: Type 1007 navigation radar Type 996 air/surface surveillance radar 2 x Type 911 Sea Wolf tracking radars UAT Electronic Surveillance System Type 2050 active sonar
Aircraft: 1 × Merlin MH1 helicopter
Propulsion: Turbines:CODLAG (Combined Diesel and Gas) - 2 x Rolls Royce Spey gas boost
Diesels:4 x GEC-Alsthom Paxman Valenta
Electric:2 x GEC motors