HMS Norfolk (F230)

HMS Norfolk underway on 21 June 1997
History
United Kingdom
Name	Norfolk
Namesake	Norfolk
Ordered	29 October 1984
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	14 December 1985
Launched	10 July 1987
Sponsored by	Princess Margaret
Commissioned	1 June 1990
Decommissioned	15 April 2005
Homeport	Devonport
Motto	Serviens servo (Serving, I preserve)
Fate	Sold to Chile
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Chile
Name	Almirante Cochrane
Commissioned	22 November 2006
Homeport	Valparaiso
Motto	No hay imposible (There's no impossible)
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Type 23 frigate
Displacement	4,900 tonnes
Length	133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam	16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel-electric and gas (CODLAG) 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines, 34,000 hp (25,000 kW) 4 × Paxman Valenta diesel engines, 7,000 hp (5,200 kW) 2 × GEC electric motors (1.5 MW, 4,400 hp)
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) (max)
Range	7,800 nmi (14,400 km; 9,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	185
Sensors and processing systems	TRS-4D G-band active scanning radar 2050 sonar Type 2087 sonar (Installed during year 2014 refit)
Electronic warfare & decoys	UAF-1 ESM 675 ECM jammer Seagnat ECCM
Armament	2 × quad RGM-84 Harpoon missile launchers 32 × vertical Launch Sea Ceptor anti-aircraft & anti-missile missile system 1 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk.8 Mod 1 gun 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm cannons 4 × 324 mm Sting Ray - Side Launch Torpedo System
Aircraft carried	Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma or Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin

HMS Norfolk was a British Type 23 frigate, the sixth in the Royal Navy to use this name, laid down in 1985 by Yarrow Shipbuilders. She was launched on the Clyde by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in July 1987 and named for the Dukedom of Norfolk. She was commissioned on 1 June 1990. Norfolk was the 'first of class', as well as being the first of a new generation of 'lean manned' ships.^[1] She was commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 2006 as Almirante Cochrane.