HMS Kent (F78)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | February 1996 |
| Laid down: | 16 April 1997 |
| Launched: | 27 May 1998 |
| Commissioned: | 8 June 2000 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2007 |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
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| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel and Gas): 2 Rolls-Royce Spey boost 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 HAS Mk 3 | |
| Motto: | Invicta |
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Crest of HMS Kent
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The twelfth ship to bear the name HMS Kent, she is a Type 23 Duke class frigate of the British Royal Navy.
HMS Kent lineage boasts sixteen Battle Honours from the 3 given to the first Kent of 46 guns built in 1653 to the 5 awarded to the ninth and tenth Kents of World War I and World War II.
Sponsored by HRH Princess Alexandra, HMS Kent was launched on 28 May 1998.
Built by BAE Systems Marine (formerly Marconi Marine) at Scotstoun in Scotland, she was commissioned on 8 June 2000 and is currently based in Portsmouth under the command of Commander Gavin Pritchard.
[edit] See also
See HMS Kent for other ships of the same name.
[edit] External link
- Royal Navy website of HMS Kent (F78)
| 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 |
