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| Name | HMS Sutherland |
| 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 |
| Homeport | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
| Motto | list error: <br /> list (help) Sans peur "Without fear" |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| 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 |
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| Aircraft carried | list error: mixed text and list (help) 1 × Merlin MH1 helicopter Armed with
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HMS Sutherland is a Type 23 frigate of the British 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.
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.
Operational history
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 making Sutherland the "most powerful frigate in the fleet". The upgrades included Sonar 2087, an upgrade to Seawolf, an improvement to the 4.5 inch gun to allow it to fire long-range ammunition, and a reshaped stern to cut fuel use.
She was due to be given the freedom of the county of Sutherland but had her visit cut short, with "operational commitments" as the given reason. This was eventually revealed as her deployment as part of the UK Response Force Task Group's (RFTG) first deployment, named COUGAR' 11.
In May 2011, she made a port visit to Patras, Greece following participation in exercises off Crete, after which she became involved in the operations off the Libyan coast.
On 16 June 2011, Sutherland visited Souda Bay in Crete to commerorate the 70th anniversay of the Battle of Crete, before sailing to Kalamata in Greece to conduct further World War II memorials.
On 24th July HMS Sutherland returned to the coast of Libya as part of Operation Ellamy.
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
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Sutherland approaching Dartmouth, September 2007
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Sutherland approaching Dartmouth, September 2007
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Sutherland at Newcastle upon Tyne, September 2004
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References
- ^ Saunders, Stephen Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009, pub Jane's Information Group, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7106-2845-9 page 862.
- http://website.lineone.net/~david-carrington/Militaria/RoyalNavy/Major.htm
- "Background on HMS Sutherland: Ship's Life Began with a Wee Dram", Navy News
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1363
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1358
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.11093
- HMS Sutherland gets upgrade, The Engineer Online, 7 December 2007.
- BBC News Highlands and Islands, HMS Sutherland's visit cut for operational reasons, 24 March 2011, accessed 8 April 2011
- www.royal-navy.mod.uk Royal Navy Ships Deploy as part of New Amphibious Task Group, accessed 8 April 2011
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/type-23-frigates/hms-sutherland/news/hms_sutherland_visit.htm
- http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1226-task-force-sent-to-libya-to-ratchet-up-the-pressure-on-gaddafi.aspx
- http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1248-sutherland-pays-tribute-to-the-fallen-of-crete-and-greece.aspx
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