Type 23 frigates

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Royal Navy warship class frigate class

Type 23 frigates are a class of Royal Navy warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, also used in general-purpose roles such as escort duties and maritime security operations.

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Label Occurrences
Type 23 frigate 4
Type 23 frigates canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy warship class ⓘ
frigate class ⓘ
allianceRole NATO anti-submarine screen ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Type 26 frigate ⓘ
surface form: Duke-class frigate
armament 4.5-inch naval gun ⓘ
UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles ⓘ
surface form: Harpoon anti-ship missiles

Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles ⓘ
close-in weapon systems ⓘ
torpedo tubes ⓘ
builtBy Cammell Laird ⓘ
Swan Hunter ⓘ
Yarrow Shipbuilders ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplement around 185 personnel ⓘ
designedBy United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: UK Ministry of Defence
designedFor North Atlantic anti-submarine operations ⓘ
displacement approximately 4,900 tonnes full load ⓘ
embarkedAircraft Merlin helicopters ⓘ
surface form: Merlin helicopter

Wildcat helicopter ⓘ
enteredService late 1980s ⓘ
exportedTo Chile ⓘ
Chilean Navy ⓘ
surface form: Chile Navy
firstOfClass HMS Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
helicopterFacility flight deck and hangar ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 28 knots ⓘ
namedAfter British dukedoms ⓘ
navalArchitectureFeature good seakeeping in North Atlantic ⓘ
low acoustic signature ⓘ
numberBuilt 16 ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
primaryRole anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
propulsionDetail combined diesel-electric and gas ⓘ
propulsionType CODLAG ⓘ
range approximately 7,800 nautical miles at 15 knots ⓘ
replacedBy Type 26 frigate ⓘ
Type 31 frigate ⓘ
secondaryRole escort duties ⓘ
general-purpose warfare ⓘ
maritime security operations ⓘ
sensor Artisan 3D radar ⓘ
surface form: Type 997 Artisan 3D radar

bow-mounted sonar ⓘ
towed array sonar ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
status in service with Royal Navy ⓘ
usedFor NATO operations ⓘ
counter-piracy missions ⓘ
disaster relief ⓘ
humanitarian assistance ⓘ
sanctions enforcement ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portsmouth Naval Base → isHomePortOf → Type 23 frigates ⓘ
Type 26 frigate → replaces → Type 23 frigates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Type 23 frigate
Merlin HM2 → usedOnPlatform → Type 23 frigates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Type 23 frigate
4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun → fittedOn → Type 23 frigates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Type 23 frigate
Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles → inServiceWith → Type 23 frigates ⓘ
subject surface form: Sea Ceptor
this entity surface form: Type 23 frigate