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Leaving Portsmouth harbour. 23/5/06
HMS Iron Duke F234
Ordered: July 1988 Laid down: 12 December 1988 Launched: 2 March 1991 Commissioned: 20 May 1993 Fate: Active in service as of 2006.
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 turbines
4 GEC 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 Motto: Virtutis Fortuna Comes (Latin: Fortune is the companion of valour)
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