HMS Kent (F78)
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| Career
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| Ordered:
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| Laid down:
| 16 April 1997
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| Launched:
| 27 May 1998
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| Commissioned:
| September 2000
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| Decommissioned:
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| Fate:
| In service
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 4,900 tonnes
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| Length:
| 133 m/463 ft
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| Beam:
| 16.1 m/52.9 ft
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| Draught:
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| Propulsion:
| CODLAG (Combined Diesel and Gas)?2 Rolls Royce spey boost turbines
4 GEC Paxman-Valenta diesel engines
2 GEC electric motors
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| Speed:
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 185
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| Armament:
| 2 quad Harpoon launchers
Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles
4.5-in Mk 8 gun
2 30 mm guns
2 magazine launched anti-submarine torpedo tubes
NATO Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers
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| Aircraft:
| Lynx HMA8
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| Motto:
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HMS Kent (F78) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
See HMS Kent for other ships of the same name.
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