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 recommended by the Ships' Names and Badges Committee before approval by the Navy Board and then the Minister of Defence.[15] The preserved former Royal Navy cruiser 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]
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| History |
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| 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 |
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| Class & 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 |
- CODLOG configuration:
- 1 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine[4]
- 4 × MTU Type 20V 4000 M53B high-speed diesel generators
- 2 × electric motors
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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 &
processing systems | |
Electronic warfare
& decoys | IRVIN-GQ DLF decoys |
| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried |
- Accommodation for two helicopters:
- Wildcat, armed with;
- 4 × anti-ship missiles, or
- 2 × anti-submarine torpedoes
- 20 × Martlet multirole air-surface missiles
- Mk 11 depth charges
- AgustaWestland Merlin, armed with;
- 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes
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| Aviation facilities | |
| Notes |
- Flexible Mission Bay
- Rolls-Royce Mission Bay Handling System
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