HMS IRON DUKE F234 moored off Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands,B.W.I. on July 7th 2009.Photographed by my sister Katherine.
Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders,U.K.
Commissioned on May 10th 1993.
Vessel Type:Type 23 Frigate.
Displacement: 4,900 tonnes
Length: 133m / 436ft
Beam: 16.1m / 52.9ft
Draught: 7.3m/23.9ft
Armament: 2 x Quad Harpoon Missile launchers.
Vertical Launch Sea Wolf anti-missile system.
One 4.5in (114mm) MK 8 gun.
Two x 30mm Close range guns.
Two x Magazine launched anti submarine torpedo tubes.
NATO Seagnat and DLF3 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: MK 8 Lynx helicopters:
Propulsion: CODLAG (Combined Diesel and Gas).
Two Rolls Royce Spey gas turbines.(Boost)
Four GEC-Alsthom Paxman Valenta diesels with 2 Elect.Mtrs.
Speed:28 knots.
Range:7,800 nautical miles at 15 knots on diesel electric.
Crew: 185.
Flag:U.K./Royal Navy
Call Sign:
© Capnken 2009.