HMS Portland (F79)
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 HMS Portland (F79) |
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Portland (F79) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | February 1996 |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 14 January 1998 |
| Launched: | 15 May 1999 |
| Commissioned: | 3 May 2001 |
| Motto: | Craignez Honte "Fear Dishonour" |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| 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: | 7.3 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 × Lynx HMA8 helicopter |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Portland.
HMS Portland (F79) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the eighth ship to bear the name and is the fifteenth ship in the Duke class of frigates.
Her current commanding officer is Commander M K Utley RN, who took command in Dec 2006.
[edit] History
The ship was accepted into service by the Royal Navy on 15 December 2000 and was commissioned on 3 May the following year.
HMS Portland assisted in the search for men lost due to a capsized yacht on 3 February 2007. [1]
She deployed to the Caribbean for 7 months in 2007, intercepting 3.5 tonnes of coccaine and conducting disaster relief in Belize following Hurricane Dean.
In April 2008, HMS Portland visited Liverpool with HMS Mersey and berthed at the cruise liner terminal at Princes Dock[2].
[edit] Affiliations
- Irish Guards
- The Royal Wessex Yeomanry
- Worshipful Company of Scriveners
- Dorset Chamber of Commerce
[edit] References
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