HMS Richmond

Update 21.09.2021
Current Name HMS Richmond
Ships Sign F 239
IMO 8949678
Call Sign GCOJ
Operator Royal Navy, Portsmouth (Navy Command Headquarters), Hampshire, United Kingdom
Owner UK Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Flag United Kingdom
Port of Registry Portsmouth
Type of Ship frigate
Completion 1995
Shipyard Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne, United Kingdom
Building No. 137
Displacement [t] 4.300
Overall Length [m] 133,00
Registered Breadth [m] 16,10
Maximum Draught [m] 5,50
Propulsion [KW] 38.467
Propulsion [BHP] 52.300
Speed [Kn] 30,0
Additional Information 7th "Duke" class frigate [type 23] (13 vessels, also see >HMS Lancaster<, >HMS Iron Duke<, >HMS Westminster<, >HMS Sutherland<, >HMS Kent< and >HMS St. Albans<) - main armament: 32x SAM "Sea Wolf", 8x SSM "Harpoon", 4x 324 mm fixed Stingray ASW torpedos, 1x 114-mm gun Mk 8, 2x 30-mm AA gun DS-30B', 1x ASW helicopter AgustaWestland AW101 "Merlin HM.1" (Sea Skua missiles and/or Stingray ASW torpedos)
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