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Ordered: | September 1986 |
Laid down: | 18 December 1987 |
Launched: | 24 May 1990 |
Commissioned: | 1 May 1992 |
Decommissioned: | |
Fate: | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
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General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
Draught: | |
Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors |
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Range: | |
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
Merlin HAS Mk1 |
Motto: |
HMS Lancaster (F229) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. Lancaster was originally given the pennant number F232, until it was realised that in the Royal Navy, form number 232 is the official report for ships that have run aground.
See HMS Lancaster for other ships of the same name.
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Chilean Navy |
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