Type 23 frigate
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The Type 23 frigate or Duke class is a class of frigates built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ships are named after British Dukes, thus leading to the class being commonly known as the Duke class. The first Type 23, HMS Norfolk, was commissioned in 1989, and the sixteenth, HMS St Albans was commissioned in June 2002. They form the core of the Royal Navy's destroyer and frigate fleet and serve alongside the Type 45 destroyers. They were designed for anti-submarine warfare, but have been used for a range of uses.[10] Ten Type 23 frigates remain in service with the Royal Navy, with three vessels having been sold to the Chilean Navy, one being retired in 2021, and two being retired in 2023.
HMS Sutherland in December 2012 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Type 23 frigate |
Builders | Yarrow Shipbuilders and Swan Hunter |
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Preceded by | Type 22 frigate |
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Cost | £130 million per ship |
In commission | 24 November 1987 |
Planned | 16 |
Completed | 16 |
Active | 10 Royal Navy, 3 Chilean Navy |
Laid up | 1 (Royal Navy) |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Anti-submarine warfare frigate |
Displacement | 4,900 t (4,800 long tons)[1] |
Length | 133.0 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 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 7,500 nmi (14,000 km; 9,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Pacific 24 RIBs |
Complement | 185 (accommodation for up to 205) |
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The Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates will be replaced by the Type 26 Global Combat Ship and the Type 31 frigate.[11] As of 2021[update] it is anticipated that HMS St Albans will be the last to retire from the Royal Navy, in 2035.[4][12]