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| Name | HMS Sutherland (F81) |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Ordered | January 1992 |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 14 October 1993 |
| Launched | 9 March 1996 |
| Sponsored by | Lady Christina Walmsley |
| Commissioned | 4 July 1997 |
| Motto | list error: <br /> list (help) Sans peur "Without fear" |
| Fate | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 'Duke'-class Type 23 frigate |
| Displacement | 3,500 tonnes |
| Length | 436 ft 4 in (132.99 m) |
| Beam | 52 ft 10 in (16.10 m) |
| Draught | 23 ft 11 in (7.29 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 × Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 × GEC electric motors |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 28 knots (52 km/h) 15 knots (28 km/h) on diesel-electric |
| Range | 7,800 nautical miles (14,400 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 186 (18 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems | list error: <br /> list (help) Radar 996 (3-D surveillance) Radar 1007/1008 (navigation) Radar 1010/1011 (target identification) Sonar 2050 UAT Electronic Warfare System (passive surveillance) General Purpose Electro-Optical Director for gun control |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × ASuW Harpoon quad launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles 1 × BAE 4.5 inch (110 mm) Mk 8 gun 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns 4 × Sting Ray torpedo tubes Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × Lynx HMA8 helicopter |
HMS Sutherland (F81) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the thirteenth ship in the Duke class of frigates and is the third ship to bear the name, more than 200 years since the name was last used.
She was launched in 1996 by Lady Christina Walmsley, wife of Sir Robert Walmsley KCB. Before this occasion, Royal Navy ships had always been launched with a bottle of champagne, but Lady Walmsley broke with tradition and used a bottle of Macallan Whiskey.
She was deployed to the Falkland Islands in the winter 1998/1999. In 2000, she was part of the task force NTG2000, the first time Royal Navy ships have circumnavigated the globe since 1986. In December 2007, major upgrades worth ₤35 million were announced. This makes HMS Sutherland the most powerful frigate in the fleet.
There is a keen golfing community on-board, and the crew sometimes use the facilities of their affiliate golf course in the Royal Burgh of Dornoch.
Affiliations
- The Highlanders, 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
- No. 201 Squadron RAF
- County of Sutherland
- Honourable Company of Master Mariners
- Sherborne School
- Clifton College, Bristol CCF's
- TS Grenville, Paisley
- TS Duchess, Biggleswade
- The Royal Dornoch Golf Club
References
- http://www.navynews.co.uk/ships/sutherland.asp
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1358
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.11093
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1363
Gallery
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HMS Sutherland approaching Dartmouth, September 2007
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HMS Sutherland approaching Dartmouth, September 2007
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HMS Sutherland at Newcastle upon Tyne, September 2004
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