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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 18 April 1999 |
| Launched: | 6 May 2000 |
| Commissioned: | April 2002 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | In service |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m/463 ft |
| Beam: | 16.1 m/52.9 ft |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel and Gas)—2 Rolls Royce spey boost turbines 4 GEC Paxman-Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors |
| Speed: | |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 185 |
| Armament: | 2 quad Harpoon launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles 4.5-in Mk 8 gun 2 30 mm guns 2 magazine launched anti-submarine torpedo tubes NATO Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers |
| Aircraft: | Lynx HMA8 |
| Motto: | |
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.
| 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 |
St Albans