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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 12 October 1984 |
| Launched: | 21 June 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 10 June 1989 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,300 tons |
| Length: | 148.1 m |
| Beam: | 14.8 m |
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| Propulsion: | 2 x Rolls Royce Spey gas turbines (high speed)
2 x Rolls Royce Tyne gas turbines (cruising) |
| Speed: | cruise 18 knots (33 km/h), max 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 250 (max 301) |
| Armament: | 114mm (4.5 inch) MK 8 gun Goalkeeper close-in weapons system (CIWS) |
| Aircraft: | Lynx MK 8 helicopters armed with: |
| Motto: Tenacious of Justice | |
HMS Cumberland (F85) is a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was on station during the First Gulf War. On 26 September 2000 Cumberland worked with local fishermen to aid the rescue of survivors of the Greek ferry Express Samina which ran aground two miles off the island of Paros. Cumberland is currently part of the 2nd Frigate Squadron based at Devonport Dockyard.
Service
In 2003 HMS Cumberland (in partnership with RFA Wave Knight) seized 3.6 tonnes of cocaine in the mid-Atlantic as part of an anti-drug operation. In October 2005 HMS Cumberland intercepted and boarded a speed boat in the Caribbean Sea off Nicaragua from which they seized two tonnes of cocaine, and detained four suspects. The cocaine is estimated to have a street value of £200 million.
Points of interest
Chris Cranmer, the first registered Satanist serving in the Royal Navy, was a technician on board this vessel as of 2004.
On May 18, 2006, the Cumberland escorted Dee Caffari, sailing Aviva, across the finish-line (at Lizard Point) as she became the first woman to sail single-handedly non-stop around the world "the wrong way" (against the prevailing wind and tide) - a feat first achieved by Chay Blyth.
See HMS Cumberland for other ships of the same name.
External links
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