HMS Cornwall (F99)
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 HMS Cornwall |
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Cornwall |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Laid down: | 14 December 1983 |
| Launched: | 14 October 1985 |
| Commissioned: | 23 April 1988 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Devonport |
| Motto: | Unus et omnes "One and all" |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 22 frigate |
| Displacement: | 5,300 tons |
| Length: | 148.1 m (486 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 14.8 m (48 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey gas turbines (high speed) 2 × Rolls Royce Tyne gas turbines (cruising) COGAG |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) maximum |
| Complement: | 250 (max. 301) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Type 1007 navigation radar Type 967 and 968 surveillance radar 2 × Type 911 Sea Wolf tracking radars UAT Electronic Surveillance System Type 2050 active sonar |
| Armament: | 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun Goalkeeper CIWS Sea Wolf anti-missile system 2 × Quad Harpoon missile launchers 2 × 20 mm Close range guns NATO Seagnat Decoy Launchers Two Magazine launched anti-submarine torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: |
Lynx Mk.8 helicopters Sea Skua anti-ships missiles Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes Mk 11 depth charges Machine guns |
The sixth and present HMS Cornwall is the first of the Batch 3 Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy. Cornwall is based at HMNB Devonport in Devon, England, part of the Devonport Flotilla, and commanded by Commander Jeremy Woods.
She was launched in October 1985 and commissioned at Falmouth in 1988 by the ship's sponsor, the late Diana, Princess of Wales (who was also the Duchess of Cornwall).
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[edit] Service
HMS Cornwall has battle honours from Barfleur in 1692, the Falkland Islands in 1914 and the Dardanelles in 1915.
Throughout her life Cornwall has undertaken duties in the North and South Atlantic Ocean, Adriatic, Mediterranean, Caribbean and Baltic seas, has completed several patrols to the Persian Gulf and deployed to the far east. In 1996 she served as Flagship of the First Sea Lord in St Petersburg, during the 300th anniversary celebrations of the Russian Navy, followed by a period as Flagship of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic. In 2001 she was part of the Royal Navy Task Force engaged in the invasion of Afghanistan. In 2003 she was again committed to Standing Naval Force Atlantic, supporting Operation Active Endeavour in the Mediterranean
Following the death of the Princess of Wales in 1997 the role of sponsor was assumed by Mary Holborow, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.
Ceremonial activities have included acting as flagship for the Battle of the Atlantic Fleet Review in 1993, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Second Battle of the Atlantic, and in 2002 delivering a 21-gun salute as part of celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
On 28 January 2006 Cornwall was rededicated, following a period of docked maintenance, in a ceremony at Falmouth attended by Lady Mary Holborow. Cornwall is affiliated with a number of military and civilian organisations and bodies including The County of Cornwall, The Light Infantry 2nd Bn, the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers and Accenture.[1]
[edit] Persian Gulf diplomatic incident
On 23 March 2007, fifteen sailors and Royal Marines from HMS Cornwall were detained by elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy following a routine search of a vessel suspected of smuggling, in the vicinity of disputed territorial waters.[2]
[edit] Affiliations
- The Rifles
- No. 99 Squadron RAF
- County of Cornwall
- Worshipful Company of Leathersellers
- Cornish Rugby Football Union
[edit] References
- ^ According to http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1612 Cornwall has a total of 16 affiliations. These are: The County of Cornwall; HMS Cornwall 1939-1942 Association; 2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry; The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers; Cornish Rugby Football Union; TS St Petroc, Padstow; TS Queen Charlotte, Guildford; TS Pellow, Truro; TS Robert Hitchens, Falmouth and Penryn; 6th Falmouth Sea Scout Group; CCF Colston's Collegiate, Bristol; CCF Berkhamsted Collegiate School, Herts; Cornish Royal Naval Association; Accenture; 99 Squadron RAF; and Devon & Cornwall RNA Units.
- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | UK sailors captured at gunpoint
[edit] External links
- MaritimeQuest HMS Cornwall F-99 pages
- MaritimeQuest HMS Cornwall F-99 message board
- BBC profile
- [HMS Cornwall - http://www.armedforces.co.uk/navy/listings/l0015.html]
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