HMS Somerset (F82)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Somerset (F82) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | January 1992 |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 12 October 1992 |
| Launched: | 25 June 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 20 September 1996 |
| Motto: | Foy pour Devoir "Faith for Duty" |
| 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: | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 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 MH1 helicopter |
HMS Somerset (F82) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
HMS Somerset is the eleventh of the class to join the fleet since 1989. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd on the river Clyde, in Scotland and was launched in June 1994 by Lady Elspeth Layard, wife of then 2nd Sea Lord Admiral and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command Admiral Sir Michael Layard. She entered service in 1996. Lady Layard is the ship's sponsor.
The fourth HMS Somerset to serve in the Royal Navy, she has four battle honours from Vigo Bay (1702), Velez Malaga (1704), Louisburg (1758) and Quebec (1759). The previous ships all served during the 18th Century and ensured that the name HMS Somerset played a significant part in that period of naval history.
HMS Somerset's home port is HMNB Devonport. The ship has the Freedom of the City of Wells and is also affiliated with the County of Somerset, the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, the 2nd and 4th Battalions of The Rifles (inherited from affiliation with the Royal Green Jackets Regiment), TS Weston and TS Queen Elizabeth Sea Cadet Units, Downside, Baytree and Helles Schools, Bridgwater College and the Somerset Legion House of The Royal British Legion. The 19th Duke of Somerset takes a keen interest in the ship and is a regular visitor.
[edit] Affiliations
- Duchy of Somerset
- The Rifles
- City of Wells
- Worshipful Company of Apothecaries
- Somerset County Council
[edit] External links
- Official RN webpage
- hms-somerset-co.blogspot.com - The blog of the ship's Commanding Officer
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