Name: HMS Grafton F80
Brand: Royal Navy

F80 HMS Grafton

2007 to present -

1997 to 2006

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Type 23 Duke class
FF - Frigate

Flight Deck:	GT
Call Sign:	GCOY

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1992-jan	Ordered
1993-may-13	Laid down
1994-nov-5	Launched
1997-feb	Trials	Hosted deck handling trials for EH101 programme
1997-may-29	Commissioned
1998-mar	Aircraft	assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 ZD256/347-GT
1998-apr	Deployment	departed HMNB Portsmouth for 8 month Middle and Far East deployment. Returned Dec 1998.
1998-sep-23	Deployment	singapore strait Lynx ZD256 accident
1999-may	Deployment	part of FS Foch Task Group in Adriatic, off Kosovo
2000-sep-11	Deployment	Accident hit submerged rocks in a fjord near Droebak, outside Oslo while heading for the open sea. Was part of NATO STANVFORLANT flotilla visiting Oslo 9-11 Sep.
2003-sep-9	Port Visit	Royal Albert Dock DSEI 2003 visited Royal Albert Dock, London for the DSEI 2003 exhibition at the ExCel Centre 9-12 Sep
2004	Deployment	Armilla Patrol early 2004
2005-jul-7	Port Visit	to Ipswich. Entry to port escorted by 4 Lynx and 2 Gazelle from AAC Wattisham.
2006-mar-31	Decommissioned	following Jul 2004 announcement by UK MoD to reduce Type 23 fleet to 13 vessels. Ships Bell to Ipswich Council offices
2007-mar	Fate: transfered	transferred to Chilean Navy, following an agreement in Sep 2005.
2007-mar-28	Commissioned	FF-07 Almirante Lynch
2007-mar-28		FF-07 Almirante Lynch Handed over to Chilean Navy at HMNB Portsmouth as part of Project Puente to renew its surface fleet

Specifications

from Type 23 Duke class
180	crew
3600	light (tn)
4200	full load (tn)
133	length (m)
16.10	beam (m)
5.50	draught (m)
7800	range (nm)
28	max speed (knots)



4	Naval Engine diesel - Paxman Valenta 12CM
2	Naval Engine electric motors
2	Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Spey
2	Naval Engine propulsion system: CODLAG



2	Missile Launcher Mk 141 quad Harpoon
1	Missile Launcher Sea Wolf



2	Naval Gun single 30 mm
1	Naval Gun Mk.8 Mod 1 4.5 inch
4	Chaff and decoys Seagnat
1	Chaff and decoys towed decoy Type 182
1	Chaff and decoys towed decoy Type 2070 Talisman



2	Naval Radar fire direction radar Type 911
1	Naval Radar navigation radar Type 1007
1	Naval Radar surface and low level air search radar Type 996
1	Sonar towed array sonar Type 2031
1	Sonar hull mounted sonar Type 2050

Aircraft

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Builder

Yarrow, Scotstoun