HMS Westminster (F237)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | December 1989 |
| Laid down: | 18 January 1991 |
| Launched: | 4 February 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 13 May 1994 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2006. |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.4 m (24.3 ft) |
| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors |
| Speed: | |
| Range: | |
| 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: | Merlin |
| Motto: | For Nation and for Glory |
HMS Westminster (F237) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
See HMS Westminster for other ships of the same name.
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| 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 |
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