HMS Grafton (F80)

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HMS Grafton
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Grafton
Namesake	Duke of Grafton
Ordered	January 1992
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	13 May 1993
Launched	5 November 1994
Commissioned	29 May 1997
Decommissioned	31 March 2006
Identification	F80
Fate	Sold to Chile
Chile
Name	Almirante Lynch
Namesake	Patricio Lynch
Commissioned	28 March 2007
Identification	FF-07
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Duke-class Type 23 frigate
Displacement	4,900 tonnes
Length	133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam	16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel-electric and gas (CODLAG) 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 × Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 × GEC electric motors
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) on diesel-electric
Range	7,800 nmi (14,400 km; 9,000 mi) at 15 kn
Complement	185
Armament	2 × ASuW Harpoon quad launchers 32 CAMM Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles 1 × BAE 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mk 8 gun 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns 4 × Sting Ray torpedo tubes Seagnat and DLF3 decoy launchers
Aircraft carried	Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma or Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin

HMS Grafton is a Type 23 frigate formerly in service with the Royal Navy. She was the ninth vessel to bear the name, and is named after the Duke of Grafton. Ordered in January 1992, Grafton was laid down on 13 May 1993 by Yarrow Shipbuilders. The frigate was launched on 5 November 1994 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 29 May 1997 with the pennant number F80. In 2007 the ship was transferred to Chile as Almirante Lynch and, having undergone a significant upgrade from 2019 to 2020, remains in service with the Chilean Navy.