HMS Sutherland in Devonport

Name: HMS Sutherland
Operator: Royal Navy
Ordered: January 1992
Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down: 14 October 1
General characteristics993
Launched: 9 March 1996
Sponsored by: Lady Christina Walmsley
Commissioned: 4 July 1997
Refit: Major 2013-2015
Homeport: HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Motto: Sans peur
"Without fear"
Status: in active service, as of 2015
Class and type: Type 23 Frigate
Displacement: 4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)[1]
Length: 133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam: 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught: 7.3 m (23 ft 9 in)
Propulsion: CODLAG:
Four 1510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators
Two GEC electric motors delivering 2980kW (4000 shp)
Two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp)
Speed: In excess of 28 kn (52 km-h; 32 mph) (HMS Sutherland achieved 34.4 knots during high-speed trials in November 2008)
Range: 7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km-h)
Complement: 185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
UAF-1 ESM, or, UAT Mod 1
Seagnat
Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:
Anti-air missiles:
1 × 32-cell Sea Wolf GWS.26 VLS canisters for 32:
Sea Wolf missiles (range 1-10 km)

Anti-ship missiles:
2 × quad Harpoon launchers

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 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or, 2× 30mm DS30B guns
2 × Miniguns
4 × General purpose machine guns


Aircraft carried: 1 × Lynx HMA8, armed with;
4 × Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or
2 × anti submarine torpedoes
or
1 × Westland Merlin HM1, armed with;

4 × anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:
Flight deck
Enclosed hangar
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