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HMS Kent

Call sign : F78
Class : Guided missile frigate - Type 23 (Duke class)
Country : The United Kingdom
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History
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Builder : Yarrow Shipbuilders
Keel laid : 16 April 1997
Launched : 27 May 1998
Commissioned : 8 June 2000
Specifications
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Displacement : 4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)
Length : 133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Width : 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draft: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Propulsion : CODLAG : Four 1510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators Two GEC electric motors delivering 2980 kW (4000 shp) Two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp)
Speed : In excess of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range : 7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Crew : 185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Military equipment
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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) Anti-ship missiles: Up to 2 × quad Harpoon launchers (8 × missiles, fit as of 2023); retired from RN service (end 2023) Anti-submarine torped
Embarked aviation : 1 × Wildcat HMA2 , armed with: 2 × anti-submarine torpedoes (Martlet multirole missiles to be fitted in 2021/22 and full operating capability for Sea Venom ASM projected from 2026) or 1 × Westland Merlin HM2 , armed with; 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes
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