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	'''HMS ''Westminster'' (F237)''' is a ] ] of the ].		'''HMS ''Westminster'' (F237)''' is a ] ] of the ].

			''Westminster'' was used for the interior shots in the ] film '']'' in three different roles - as HMS ''Chester'', HMS ''Devonshire'' and HMS ''Bedford''. For the exterior shots a model was constructed.
	See ] for other ships of the same name.

	==Affiliations==		==Affiliations==
	*]		*]

Revision as of 12:31, 27 October 2007

History
HMS Westminster moored alongside HMS Belfast
UK
Name	HMS Westminster (F237)
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	December 1989
Builder	Swan Hunter
Laid down	18 January 1991
Launched	4 February 1992
Commissioned	13 May 1994
Motto	For Nation and for Glory
Fate	Template:Ship fate box active in service
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	list error: <br /> list (help) CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 × Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 × GEC electric motors
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help) 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	list error: <br /> list (help) 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

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Westminster.

HMS Westminster (F237) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.

Westminster was used for the interior shots in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies in three different roles - as HMS Chester, HMS Devonshire and HMS Bedford. For the exterior shots a model was constructed.

Affiliations

External links

HMS Westminster home page

Gallery

A tribute to the ship at Westminster tube station.

v t e Type 23 frigates
Royal Navy	Norfolk Marlborough Argyll† Lancaster† Iron Duke† Monmouth† Westminster# Northumberland# Montrose† Richmond# Somerset# Grafton Sutherland# Kent# Portland# St Albans#
Chilean Navy	Almirante Cochrane (ex-Norfolk) Almirante Condell (ex-Marlborough) Almirante Lynch (ex-Grafton)
Preceded by: Type 22 frigate Followed by: Type 26 frigate (ASW) / Type 31 frigate (GP)
# = Fitted with towed array sonar for ASW operations † = General purpose ship without towed array sonar List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy

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