HMS Kent (F78)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | February 1996 |
| Laid down: | 16 April 1997 |
| Launched: | 27 May 1998 |
| Commissioned: | 8 June 2000 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2005. |
| 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: | 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 |
| Aircraft: | Lynx HMA8 |
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HMS Kent (F78) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
See HMS Kent 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 |
Categories: Type 23 frigates