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United Kingdom | |
Name | Belfast |
Namesake | Belfast |
Ordered | 2 July 2017 |
Builder | BAE, Glasgow |
Laid down | 29 June 2021 |
Commissioned | Expected 2029[1] |
Identification | F90 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 26 frigate |
Displacement | 6,900 t (6,800 long tons; 7,600 short tons), 8,000+ t full load[2][3] |
Length | 149.9 m (491 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | In excess of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range | In excess of 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) in electric-motor (EM) drive |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 |
Complement | 157 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | IRVIN-GQ DLF decoys |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities | |
Notes |
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HMS Belfast is a Type 26 frigate of the Royal Navy and the second vessel named after the Northern Ireland capital Belfast.[13][14] In September 2017, her name was announced by the First Sea Lord. HM ships' names are selected by the Ships' Names and Badges Committee.[15] HMS Belfast (C35) was renamed HMS Belfast (1938) by the Imperial War Museum to avoid confusion.[16] She was ordered on 2 July 2017. The first steel was cut on HMS Belfast 29 June 2021 by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.[17]