Type 23 Frigate

The Type 23 Frigate is a class of frigate built for the British Empire's Royal Navy. They are named for light cruisers that served in World War II.

In 2002, the Chilean government order half a dozen Type 23 frigates for their navy.

Specifications[]

Type: Guided Missile Frigate
Service Period: 1987-Present
Characteristics:
- Length: 487 feet (148.44 meters)
- Beam: 62 feet (18.9 meters)
- Draught: 23 feet 9 inches (7.24 meters)
- Displacement: 5,905 tons
Crew: 205
Propulsion: 2 x Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines, 2 x GEC electric motors, Four 1510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators, 2 x shafts
Range: 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
Speed: 31.5 knots (58.34 km/h)
Sensor Suite:
- Type 996 Mod 1 3D Air Search RDF (replaced by Type 997 Artisan 3D Air Search RDF)
- Type 911 Fire Control RDF
- Sperry Sea Archer 30 optronic surveillance/director
- Command System DNA(1)
- Type 1007 Navigation RDF
- Type 1008 Navigation RDF
- Type 2050 Bow ASDIC
- Type 2031Z Towed Array ASDIC (replaced by Type 2087)
Countermeasures:
- Seagnat Decoy
- Type 182 towed torpedo decoys
- Type 2070 towed torpedo decoy system
- UAF-1 Scorpion ESM
Armament:
- 1 x QF 4.5"/55-caliber Mk.8 naval gun
- 2 x 48-cell VLS (fires GWS.31 Sea Wolf, GWS.27 Sea Dart and Storm Wind cruise missiles)
- 2 x 4-cannister SSM Launchers (fires Broadsword AShMs)
- 2 x 18" triple torpedo tubes (fires Sting Ray torpedoes)
- 2 x 30mm DS30M Mk.II chain gun
- 2 × Miniguns
- 4 × General-purpose machine guns
Aircraft Carried: 1 x Westland Lynx and Agusta-Westland Merlin
Aviation Facilities: Flight deck with Beartrap and Enclosed hangar