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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.		HMS ''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.

			She was deployed to ] in May 2008 to spearhead the British relief effort after ] devastated the country.

	==Affiliations==		==Affiliations==

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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.

HMS 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.

She was deployed to Burma in May 2008 to spearhead the British relief effort after Cyclone Nargis devastated the country.

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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