Ident-ships
HMS Iron Duke
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History
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Builder :
Yarrow Shipbuilders
Keel laid :
12 December 1988
Launched :
2 March 1991
Commissioned :
20 May 1993
Specifications
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Displacement :
4,900Â t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)
Length :
133Â m (436Â ft 4Â in)
Width :
16.1Â m (52Â ft 10Â in)
Draft:
7.3Â m (23Â ft 11Â in)
Propulsion :
CODLAG
:
Four 1510 kW (2,025 shp)
Paxman Valenta
12CM diesel generators
Two
GEC
electric motors
delivering 2980kW (4000 shp)
Two
Rolls-Royce Marine Spey
SM1C gas turbines delivering 23,190Â kW (31,100 shp)
Speed :
In excess of 28
kn
(52Â km/h; 32Â mph)
Range :
7,500
nautical miles
(14,000Â km) at 15Â kn (28Â km/h)
Crew :
185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Military equipment
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Sensors :
Weapon systems :
Electronic warfare and decoys :
UAF-1 ESM,
or
, UAT Mod 1
Seagnat
Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament :
Anti-air missiles:
1 × 32-cell
GWS 35 Vertical Launching System (VLS)
for:
32 ×
Sea Ceptor
missiles (1–25+ km)
(being fitted in refit as of 2021)
Anti-ship missiles:
2 × quad
Harpoon Block 1C
(originally fit, retired 2023);
may be fit with
Naval Strike
Embarked aviation :
1 ×
Wildcat HMA2
, armed with:
4 ×
Sea Venom
anti-ship missiles (full operating capability projected from 2026),
or
,
2 ×
Sting Ray
anti-submarine torpedoes,
or
20 ×
Martlet
multirole missiles (from 2021)
Mk 11 depth charges
or
1 ×
Westland Merlin HM2
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