At anchor in the Solent. 06-10hrs 18/8/06

HMS St Albans F83

Ordered: February 1996 Laid down: 18 April 1999 Launched: 6 May 2000 Commissioned: 6 June 2002 Fate: Active in service as of 2006.
General Characteristics
Displacement: 4,900 tonnes Length: 133 m (463 ft) Beam: 16.1 m (52.9 ft) Propulsion: CODLAG (Combined Diesel-electric and Gas): 2 Rolls-Royce Spey boost turbines 4 Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors
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 or Merlin helicopter