HMS Grafton (F80) |
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| Career (UK) | |
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| Name: | HMS Grafton (F80) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | January 1992 |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 13 May 1993 |
| Launched: | 5 November 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 29 May 1997 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 2006 |
| Fate: | Sold to Chile |
| Career (Chile) | |
| Name: | Almirante Lynch (FF-07) |
| Operator: | Chilean Navy |
| Commissioned: | 28 March 2007 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 'Duke'-class Type 23 frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 × Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 × GEC electric motors |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) 15 knots (28 km/h) on diesel-electric |
| Range: | 7,800 nautical miles (14,400 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 185 |
| Armament: |
2 × ASuW Harpoon quad launchers Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × Lynx HMA8 helicopter |
HMS Grafton (F80) was a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. It was the ninth vessel to bear the name, and is named after the Duke of Grafton.
In 2003, the ship was used in the ITV drama series Making Waves as the fictional Royal Navy warship Suffolk. In early 2004 the ship was deployed in the Persian Gulf. In July 2004, it was announced that Grafton would be one of three Type 23 frigates to be decommissioned by the end of 2006.
In June 2005, it was announced that Grafton would be sold to the Chilean Navy . She was delivered to Chilean Navy on 28 March 2007 in Portsmouth and renamed Almirante Lynch (FF-07).
During her service in the Royal Navy, her crew were awarded the freedom of the Borough of Ipswich, due to their frequent visits to the Suffolk Town of Ipswich.
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