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Type 23 frigate

FrigateUnited KingdomIn service since 1987
Type 23 frigate
Photo: Vicki Benwell, Royal Navy · OGL v1.0 · background removed

Key specs

Type
Frigate
Shipyards
Yarrow Shipbuilders, Swan Hunter
First commissioned
1987
Status
In service
Ships completed
16
Ships in service
5
Crew
185

Frigate

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
4,900 t
Length
133.00 m
Beam
16.10 m
Draught
7.30 m
Performance
Maximum speed
28 kn (52 km/h)
Range
7,500 nmi (13,890 km)
Power
19,500 kW
Armament
Armament
Sea CeptorHarpoon Block 1C324 mm Sting Ray (torpedo)114 mm BAE2 × 30 mmMinigunFN MAG
Aircraft carried
Wildcat HMA2Martlet anti-ship (ASM)/air-to-airSea Venom ASMWestland Merlin HM2Peregrine ISR UAV

Operators

United Kingdom

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Type 23 frigate, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.