HMS Somerset (F82)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | January 1992 |
| Laid down: | 12 October 1992 |
| Launched: | 25 June 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 20 September 1996 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2006. |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.2m |
| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors |
| Speed: | more than 27 kts |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 185 |
| Armament: | 2 ASuW Harpoon quad launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles 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: | Lynx HMA8 |
| Motto: | Foy pour Devoir (Faith for Duty) |
HMS Somerset (F82) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
HMS Somerset is the eleventh of the Type 23 ‘Duke’ class to join the Fleet since 1989. She was built by Yarrows Shipbuilders Ltd on the Clyde and was launched in June 1994 by Lady Elspeth Layard, wife of then 2nd Sea Lord Admiral and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command Admiral Sir Michael Layard. She entered service in 1996. Lady Layard remains the Ship's gracious sponsor. The fourth HMS Somerset to serve in the Royal Navy, she has four battle honours from Vigo Bay (1702), Velez Malaga (1704), Louisberg (1758) and Quebec (1759). The previous ships all served during the 18th Century and ensured that the name HMS Somerset played a significant part in that period of naval history.
HMS Somerset's home port is Devonport. The ship has the Freedom of the City of Wells and is also affiliated with the County of Somerset, the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, the Royal Green Jackets Regiment, TS Weston and TS Queen Elizabeth Sea Cadet Units, Downside, Baytree and Helles Schools, Bridgwater College and the Somerset Legion House of the Royal British Legion. The 19th Duke of Somerset takes a keen interest in the ship and is a regular visitor.
See http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/1448.html
See HMS Somerset for other ships of the same name.
| Type 23 frigate |
| Norfolk | Argyll | Lancaster | Marlborough | Iron Duke | Monmouth | Montrose | Westminster | Northumberland | Richmond | Somerset | Grafton | Sutherland | Kent | Portland | St Albans |
List of frigates of the Royal Navy |
