HMS Iron Duke (F234)
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| Image:HMS Iron Duke F234.jpg | |
| Career | Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg |
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| Ordered: | July 1988 |
| Laid down: | 12 December 1988 |
| Launched: | 2 March 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 20 May 1993 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2006. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.3 m |
| Propulsion: | Combined diesel-electric and gas (CODLAG) : 2 Rolls-Royce Spey boost turbines 4 GEC 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 |
| Motto: | Virtutis Fortuna Comes (Latin: Fortune is the companion of valour) |
- See HMS Iron Duke for other ships of the same name.
HMS Iron Duke (F234) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. Iron Duke was launched on 2 March 1991 by Lady Jane King. Her home town is Kingston-upon-Hull and she named after the Duke of Wellington (the "Iron Duke").
The motto of HMS Iron Duke is Virtutis Fortuna Comes (latin: "Fortune is the companion of valour") - inherited from the 33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot.
| Type 23 frigate |
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