HMS Sutherland (F81)
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HMS Sutherland, 2012
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Name: | HMS Sutherland |
Operator: | Royal Navy |
Ordered: | January 1992 |
Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down: | 14 October 1993 |
Launched: | 9 March 1996 |
Sponsored by: | Lady Christina Walmsley |
Commissioned: | 4 July 1997 |
Refit: | Major 2013-2015 |
Homeport: | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
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Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
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Class & type: | Type 23 Frigate |
Displacement: | 4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)[1] |
Length: | 133 m (436 ft 4 in) |
Beam: | 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) |
Draught: | 7.3 m (23 ft 9 in) |
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Speed: | In excess of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) (HMS Sutherland achieved 34.4 knots during high-speed trials in November 2008) |
Range: | 7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Complement: | 185 (accommodation for up to 205) |
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HMS Sutherland is a Type 23 frigate of the British Royal Navy. She is the thirteenth ship in the Duke class of frigates and is the third ship to bear the name, more than 200 years since the name was last used.
She was launched in 1996 by Lady Christina Walmsley, wife of Sir Robert Walmsley KCB. Before this occasion, Royal Navy ships had always been launched with a bottle of champagne, but Lady Walmsley broke with tradition and used a bottle of Macallan Scotch whisky.[2]
There is a keen golfing community on-board, and the crew sometimes use the facilities of their affiliate golf course in the Royal Burgh of Dornoch.[3]
Operational history
She was deployed to the Falkland Islands in the winter 1998/1999. In 2000, she was part of the task force NTG2000, the first time Royal Navy ships have circumnavigated the globe since 1986.[4] In December 2007, major upgrades worth £35 million were announced making Sutherland the "most powerful frigate in the fleet".[5] The upgrades included Sonar 2087, an upgrade to Seawolf, an improvement to the 4.5 inch gun to allow it to fire long-range ammunition, and a reshaped stern to cut fuel use.[6]
After berthing in Invergordon, HMS Sutherland was granted the freedom of the county of Sutherland at a ceremony in Dornoch on 18 September 2004.[7][8] A subsequent visit to Invergordon in March 2011 was cut short, with "operational commitments" as the given reason.[9][10] This was eventually revealed as her deployment as part of the UK Response Force Task Group's (RFTG) first deployment, named COUGAR' 11.[11] She returned to Invergordon in April 2013.[12]
In May 2011, she made a port visit to Patras, Greece following participation in exercises off Crete,[13] after which she became involved in the operations off the Libyan coast.[14]
On 16 June 2011, Sutherland visited Souda Bay in Crete to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Crete, before sailing to Kalamata in Greece to conduct further World War II memorials.[15]
On 24 July 2011 HMS Sutherland returned to the coast of Libya as part of Operation Ellamy.[16]
On 18 October 2011 HMS Sutherland passed through Tower Bridge in London and docked next to HMS Belfast, returning through the bridge on 22 October 2011.[17]
In 2012, she was part of the COUGAR 12 task group.[18]
She took part in exercise Joint Warrior 2013.[19]
Related images
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Sutherland approaching Dartmouth, September 2007
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Sutherland approaching Dartmouth, September 2007
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Sutherland at Newcastle upon Tyne, September 2004
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HMS Sutherland families & friends day cruise from Portsmouth, 5 July 2013.
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HMS Sutherland families & friends day cruise from Portsmouth, 5 July 2013.
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HMS Sutherland 4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun turret, 5 July 2013.
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HMS Sutherland approaching Hamburg on 19 October 2013
Affiliations
- The Highlanders, 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
- County of Sutherland
- Honourable Company of Master Mariners, Livery
- Sherborne School, CCF
- Clifton College, Bristol CCF's
- TS Grenville, Paisley (Sea Cadets)
- TS Duchess, Biggleswade (Sea Cadets)
- The Royal Dornoch Golf Club
References
- ↑ Royal Navy Frigates: Type 23 Frigate, royalnavy.mod.uk
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- ↑ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/October/02/131002-joint-warrior
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