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| Career
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| Ordered:
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| Laid down:
| 18 April 1999
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| Launched:
| 6 May 2000
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| Commissioned:
| April 2002
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| Decommissioned:
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| Fate:
| Active in service as of 2005.
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 4,900 tonnes
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| Length:
| 133 m (463 ft)
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| Beam:
| 16.1 m (52.9 ft)
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| Draught:
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| Propulsion:
| CODLAG (Combined Diesel and Gas): 2 Rolls Royce spey boost turbines
4 GEC Paxman-Valenta diesel engines
2 GEC electric motors
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| Speed:
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 185
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| Armament:
| Two quad Harpoon launchers
Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles
4.5 inch (110 mm) Mk 8 gun
Two 30 mm guns
Two magazine launched anti-submarine torpedo tubes
NATO Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers
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| Aircraft:
| Lynx HMA8
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| Motto:
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HMS St. Albans (F83) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
In early 2004 the ship was deployed on Operation Oracle duties in the Arabian Sea.
See HMS St Albans for other ships of the same name.
External Links
Royal Navy: HMS St Albans (http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/3487.html)
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