HMS Norfolk (F230)

HMS Norfolk underway on 21 June 1997
History
United Kingdom
NameNorfolk
NamesakeNorfolk
Ordered29 October 1984
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down14 December 1985
Launched10 July 1987
Sponsored byPrincess Margaret
Commissioned1 June 1990
Decommissioned15 April 2005
HomeportDevonport
Motto
  • Serviens servo
  • (Serving, I preserve)
FateSold to Chile
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Chile
NameAlmirante Cochrane
Commissioned22 November 2006
HomeportValparaiso
MottoNo hay imposible (There's no impossible)
StatusActive
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General characteristics
Class and typeType 23 frigate
Displacement4,900 tonnes
Length133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) (max)
Range7,800 nmi (14,400 km; 9,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement185
Sensors and
processing systems
  • TRS-4D G-band active scanning radar
  • 2050 sonar
  • Type 2087 sonar (Installed during year 2014 refit)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carriedEurocopter AS332 Super Puma or Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin

HMS Norfolk was a British Type 23 frigate, the sixth in the Royal Navy to use this name, laid down in 1985 by Yarrow Shipbuilders. She was launched on the Clyde by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in July 1987 and named for the Dukedom of Norfolk. She was commissioned on 1 June 1990. Norfolk was the 'first of class', as well as being the first of a new generation of 'lean manned' ships.[1] She was commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 2006 as Almirante Cochrane.

  1. ^ "Fact Card - HMS Norfolk". Navy News. 31 March 2003. Archived from the original on 17 June 2003.