HMS Lancaster (F229)
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| Name: | HMS Lancaster |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | September 1986 |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 18 December 1987 |
| Launched: | 24 May 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 1 May 1992 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
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| 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: | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 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 × Merlin HM1 |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Lancaster.
HMS Lancaster (F229) is a 'Duke' Class Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. Lancaster was originally given the pennant number F232, until it was realised that in the Royal Navy, form number 232 is the official report for ships that have run aground. It is quite common when she has returned from long operations that she is flown over by the only remaining airworthy Avro Lancaster bomber, part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight based at RAF Coningsby.
[edit] Affiliations
- HM The Queen, The Duke of Lancaster
- The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
- City of Lancaster
- Duchy of Lancaster
- Adjutant General's Corps
- Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
- Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
- Worshipful Company of Feltmakers
- University of Lancaster
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