HMS Cornwall (F99)
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| Construction and service time | |
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| Keel laying: | December 14, 1983 |
| Launch: | October 14, 1985 |
| Commissioning: | April 23, 1988 |
| Decommissioning: | June 30, 2011 |
| Whereabouts: | Wrecked 2013 to 2014 |
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| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement: | 5300 t |
| Length: | 148.1 meters |
| Width: | 14.8 meters |
| Draft: | 6.4 meters |
| Drive: | 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey gas turbines
2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbines |
| Speed: | 18 knots with Tyne engines (36.8 km / h)
30 knots with Spey engines (56 km / h) 32 knots with both types of propulsion (59.2 km / h) |
| Range: | 8000 kilometers |
| Crew: | 250 (maximum 301) |
| Armament (ship): | Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Sea Wolf SAM , torpedoes , goalkeeper anti- aircraft system, 114mm MK8 cannon, 20mm guns |
| Armament (helicopter): | Sea Skua anti-ship missiles, Stingray torpedoes, depth charges |
| Helicopter: | 2 × Super Lynx or 1 × Sea King or Merlin |
| Motto: |
"Unus et omnes" Latin : "one and everything" |
The sixth HMS Cornwall was the first frigate of the third series of the Broadsword class of the British Navy and was manufactured by Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) (now BAE Systems ). She was laid down on December 14, 1983 and launched on October 14, 1985. On April 23, 1988 , the commissioning ceremony was held in Falmouth by her godmother, Diana of Wales .
features
The ships of this class were originally designed as submarine hunters and for anti-ship combat, but have been converted several times over the years. They are now equally equipped for battles on the surface of the water, for fighting submarines and for aircraft defense and are adequately equipped with defensive weapons. The Cornwall was powered by Rolls-Royce turbines and reached a speed of 18 knots using the RR Tyne turbines and 30 knots using the two RR Spey turbines. Using all the propulsion units together, she reached 32 knots. The ship sailed regularly with a crew of 250.
service
In 1993, the HMS Cornwall was the flagship in the Fleet Parade , which was held to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Atlantic Battle .
In 2001, HMS Cornwall took part in the British mission to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom . The following year, at the end of the celebrations for the golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II , she fired the 21 gun salutes .
Again in the " War on Terrorism " that was Cornwall incorporated in 2003, when she as part of the Standing Naval Force Atlantic of NATO as part of Operation Active Endeavor in the Mediterranean operated. In 2004 she took on the role of Fleet Ready Escort . She is the flagship of the 2nd Frigate Squadron , which is based at the Devonport Naval Base in Devon .
On January 28, 2006, the ship was rededicated. The ceremony took place in Falmouth with the participation of her new godmother, Lady Mary Holborow , Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall .
The Cornwall was the first British warship to visit Croatia. On March 12, 2007, the Cornwall arrived in the northern Persian Gulf , where she monitored international waterways and protected Iraqi oil platforms . The commander of the British task force, Commodore Nick Lambert, was also on board the ship . The warship was on site with a crew of 250 and served as the flagship of a multinational task force.
On March 23, 2007 at 10:30 am local time, eight seamen and seven marines were captured in two patrol boats of the ship by naval units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard while searching a ship on suspicion of smuggling . According to British information, the incident occurred in Iraqi waters, Iran said that the British seafarers were in Iranian sea area. They were then taken to Tehran and interrogated there, although, according to General Ali Resa Afshar, they admitted they were crossing the border. The Navy of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is not integrated into the regular Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran .
After 13 days in prison, the 15 British seamen were finally pardoned by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a perfectly staged press conference held by Iran .
The ship was decommissioned in June 2011 and scrapped in Swansea from 2013 to 2014 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC News : Frigate with formidable firepower , March 23, 2007
- ↑ BBC News : UK sailors captured at gunpoint , March 23, 2007
- ↑ Spiegel Online "Tussle over British prisoners"
- ↑ How To Scrap A Warship