HMS Cornwall (F99)

HMS Cornwall in the Persian Gulf
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cornwall
OperatorRoyal Navy
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down14 December 1983
Launched14 October 1985
Sponsored byDiana, Princess of Wales
Commissioned23 April 1988
Decommissioned30 June 2011[1]
HomeportHMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification
Motto
  • Unus et omnes
  • "One and all"
Nickname(s)
  • "The Fighting 99"
  • "Ice cream frigate"[1]
FateScrapped October 2013
BadgeShip's badge
General characteristics
Class and typeType 22 frigate
Displacement5,300 tons
Length148.1 m (485 ft 11 in)
Beam14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Draught6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (cruise)
  • 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (maximum)
Complement250 (max. 301)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Type 1007 navigation radar
  • Type 967 and 968 surveillance radar
  • 2 × Type 911 Sea Wolf tracking radars
  • UAT Electronic Surveillance System Type 2050 active sonar
Armament
Aircraft carried
  • 2 × Lynx Mk.8 helicopters (but only 1 Lynx in peacetime)
  • Armed with
    • 4 × Sea Skua anti-ships missiles
    • 2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes
    • 2 × Mk 11 depth charges
    • 2 × Machine guns

HMS Cornwall was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was the first Batch 3 to be built, and the last to decommissioned. Cornwall was based at HMNB Devonport in Devon, England, part of the Devonport Flotilla.

She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders and launched by Diana, Princess of Wales at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in October 1985 and commissioned at Falmouth in 1988 by the ship's sponsor, Diana, Princess of Wales (who was also the Duchess of Cornwall).

  1. ^ a b "HMS Cornwall F99". Helis.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Royal Navy Major Surface Vessels". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2010.