duke class frigate

  1. Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster

    Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster

    The men and women of Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster form a giant red poppy to honour the Fallen on Remembrance Day. HMS Lancaster took time out of her recent patrol to remember the brave service men and women who have given their lives or been injured in the service of their country by wearing...
  2. sea wolf missile

    sea wolf missile

    A Sea Wolf surface to air missile leaves the launcher onboard Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose during an exercise. Seawolf is the shield of Britains frigate fleet against air attack. In service for more than 30 years it has proven itself in battle in the Falklands and remains a potent weapon to...
  3. F231 HMS Argyll and Lynx

    F231 HMS Argyll and Lynx

    'Duke' Class Type 23 Frigate. Outbound from Clyde, 11th May, part of Joint Warrior 2009. The Lynx was performing take-offs and landings while the ship was under way.
  4. Royal_Navy-HMS_Sutherland_3

    Royal_Navy-HMS_Sutherland_3

  5. HMS Montrose

    HMS Montrose

    HMS Montrose is the second RN warship to bear the Montrose family name. The first was an `Admiralty Design' class destroyer-leader, which was laid down at Hebburn-on-Type on 17 September 1917, launched on 10 June 1919 and completed on 14 September 1919. She was despatched immediately to join the...
  6. HMS Sutherland

    HMS Sutherland

  7. HMS Westminster

    HMS Westminster

    HMS Westminster is the eighth ship of the Duke class and the second to bear the name. The first Westminster was a W Class destroyer of 1100 tons launched on 24 February 1918 and completed only nine weeks later. The first operational role was in accompanying the battle cruisers during their...
  8. HMS Grafton

    HMS Grafton

    HMS Grafton, the 12th Type 23 Frigate to enter service in the Royal Navy, was built by Yarrows Shipbuilders, now part of BAE Marine, on the River Clyde in Scotland and was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 5 November 1994. She formally entered service in 1996 as the eighth ship to bear the...
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