 HMSMontrosein 2005 |
History |
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United Kingdom |
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Name | HMSMontrose |
Ordered | July 1988 |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 1 November 1989 |
Launched | 31 July 1992 |
Sponsored by | Lady Rifkind |
Commissioned | 2 June 1994 |
Refit | LIFEX 2014–2017 |
Homeport | HMS Jufair, Bahrain |
Identification | - IMO number: 8949642
- MMSI number: 234618000
- Callsign: GCOD
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Motto | - Mare ditat rosa decorat
- Latin: "The sea enriches and the rose adorns"
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Status | In active service |
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General characteristics |
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Class and type | Type 23 frigate |
Displacement | 4,900 t (4,800 long tons) |
Length | 133 m (436 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) |
Height | 28.6 m (93 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | - CODLAG:
- Four 1,510 kW (2,020 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators
- Two GEC electric motors delivering 2,980 kW (4,000 shp)
- Two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp)
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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) |
Complement | 185 (accommodation for up to 205) |
Electronic warfare & decoys | - UAT Mod 1 ESM
- Seagnat
- Type 2170 Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
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Armament | - Anti-air missiles:
- 1 × 32-cell GWS 35 Vertical Launching System (VLS) for:
- 32 × Sea Ceptor missiles (1–25+ km)
- Anti-ship missiles:
- 2 × quad Harpoon launchers (8 × missiles)
- Anti-submarine torpedoes:
- 2 × twin 12.75 in (324 mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes
- Guns:
- 1 × BAE 4.5-inch Mk 8 naval gun
- 2 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns,or, 2 × 30 mm DS30B guns
- 2 × Miniguns
- 4 × General-purpose machine gun
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Aircraft carried | - 1 × Westland Wildcat HMA2, armed with;
- 2 × anti submarine torpedoes
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- 1 × Westland Merlin HM2, armed with;
- 4 × anti submarine torpedoes
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Aviation facilities | - Flight deck
- Enclosed hangar
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