HMS Northumberland (F238)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Northumberland.
HMS Northumberland is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is named after the Duke of Northumberland. She is the eighth RN ship to bear the name since the first 70-gun ship of the line in 1679, and the ninth in the class of Type 23 frigates. She is based at Devonport and is part of the Devonport Flotilla.
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Name | HMS Northumberland |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | December 1989 |
Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
Laid down | 4 April 1991 |
Launched | 4 April 1992 |
Sponsored by | Lady Anne Kerr |
Commissioned | 29 September 1994 |
Refit | LIFEX 2016–2018 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport |
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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)[1] |
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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