HMS Sutherland (F81)
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Career | |||
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Ordered: | January 1992 | ||
Laid down: | 14 October 1993 | ||
Launched: | 9 March 1996 | ||
Commissioned: | 4 July 1997 | ||
Decommissioned: | |||
Fate: | Active in service as of 2006. | ||
Struck: | |||
General Characteristics | |||
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 gas-turbines 4 Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors |
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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 |
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Aircraft: | Lynx HMA8 | ||
Motto: | Sans peur (Without fear) |
HMS Sutherland (F81) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
See HMS Sutherland for other ships of the same name.
Type 23 frigate |
Norfolk | Argyll | Lancaster | Marlborough | Iron Duke | Monmouth | Montrose | Westminster | Northumberland | Richmond | Somerset | Grafton | Sutherland | Kent | Portland | St Albans |
List of frigates of the Royal Navy |