HMS Kent (F78)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Kent (F78) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | February 1996 |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 16 April 1997 |
| Launched: | 27 May 1998 |
| Commissioned: | 8 June 2000 |
| Motto: | Invicta |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 'Duke'-class Type 23 frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 × Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 × GEC electric motors |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) 15 knots (28 km/h) on diesel-electric |
| Range: | 7,800 nautical miles (14,400 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 185 |
| Armament: | 2 × ASuW Harpoon quad launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles 1 × BAE 4.5 inch (110 mm) Mk 8 gun 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns 4 × Sting Ray torpedo tubes Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × Lynx HAS Mk.3 helicopter |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Kent.
HMS Kent is a Type 23 Duke class frigate of the British Royal Navy, and the twelfth ship to bear the name.
HMS Kent's lineage boasts sixteen Battle Honours from the three given to the first Kent of 46 guns built in 1653, to the five awarded to the ninth and tenth Kents of World War I and World War II.
Sponsored by HRH Princess Alexandra, HMS Kent was launched on 28 May 1998.
Built by BAE Systems Marine (formerly Marconi Marine) at Scotstoun in Scotland, she was commissioned on 8 June 2000 and was the first ship to enter Royal Navy service in the 20th Century.[1] She is currently based in Portsmouth under the command of Commander Hopper.
[edit] Gallery
 HMS Kent in HMNB Portsmouth |
 HMS Kent in HMNB Portsmouth |
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[edit] External links
- Royal Navy website of HMS Kent (F78)
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