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| Career | RN Ensign |
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| Ordered: | January 1992 |
| Laid down: | 13 May 1993 |
| Launched: | 5 November 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 29 May 1997 |
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| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
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| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.3 m |
| 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, 15 knots on diesel-electric |
| Range: | 7,800 miles at 15 knots |
| Complement: | 185 |
| Armament: | 2 ASuW Harpoon quad launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles 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: | Lynx HMA8 |
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HMS Grafton (F80) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. In 2003, the ship was used in the ITV drama series 'Making Waves' as the fictional Royal Navy warship Suffolk. In early 2004 the ship was deployed in the Persian Gulf. In July 2004, it was announced that Grafton would be one of three Type 23 frigates to be decommissioned by the end of 2006. In June 2005, it was announced that Grafton would be sold to the Chilean Navy, to be delivered in 2008. She will be renamed Almirante Condell.
See HMS Grafton for other ships of the same name.
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 Chilean Navy |
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