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 2007 | ||
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| 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. It is the third ship to bear the name and is the thirteenth ship in the Duke class of frigates.
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 |
