HMS Kent - Type 23

Great name for a ship!

HMS Kent is a Type 23 Duke class frigate of the British Royal Navy, and the twelfth ship to bear the name, although technically she is named after the dukedom rather than the county. Sponsored by Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy (daughter of the late Prince George, Duke of Kent), Kent was launched on 28 May 1998 and commissioned on 8 June 2000. She was the first ship to enter Royal Navy service in the 21st Century.

Kent's lineage boasts sixteen Battle Honours from the three given to the first Kent of 46 guns built in 1653, to the five awarded to the ninth and tenth Kents of World War I and World War II.

UK
Name: HMS Kent (F78)
Operator: Royal Navy
Ordered: February 1996
Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down: 16 April 1997
Launched: 27 May 1998
Sponsored by: HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy
Commissioned: 8 June 2000
Motto: Invicta (Unconquered)
Status: in active service

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kent_(F78)