HMS Sutherland (F81)
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| Career | Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg | ||
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| Ordered: | January 1992 | ||
| Laid down: | 14 October 1993 | ||
| Launched: | 9 March 1996 | ||
| Commissioned: | 4 July 1997 | ||
| 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: | 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 | ||
| Motto: | Sans peur (Without fear) | ||
HMS Sutherland (F81) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
See HMS Sutherland for other ships of the same name.
| Type 23 frigate |
| Norfolk | Argyll | Lancaster | Marlborough | Iron Duke | Monmouth | Montrose | Westminster | Northumberland | Richmond | Somerset | Grafton | Sutherland | Kent | Portland | St Albans |
| List of frigates of the Royal Navy |
