HMS Iron Duke (F234)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Iron Duke.
HMS Iron Duke is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy, and the third ship to bear the name.
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Name | HMS Iron Duke |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | July 1988 |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 12 December 1988 |
Launched | 2 March 1991 |
Commissioned | 20 May 1993 |
Refit | Major 2012–2014, LIFEX 2019-2022 |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth[1] |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Type 23 frigate |
Displacement | 4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)[2] |
Length | 133 m (436 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
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Speed | In excess of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Complement | 185 (accommodation for up to 205) |
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Iron Duke has intercepted several large consignments of illegal drugs being sent from the Caribbean to Europe.
In her only combat mission, she was in action off Libya in 2011, destroying a gun battery outside the besieged town of Misrata. She also fired star shells through the night to illuminate pro-Gaddafi positions for NATO aircraft to destroy rocket launchers, fuel dumps, ammo stores, artillery batteries and command and control centres, whilst also confirming that no civilians were in the area.[12]