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History
HMS Sutherland at Dartmouth, September 2007
UK
Name	HMS Sutherland (F81)
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	January 1992
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	14 October 1993
Launched	9 March 1996
Commissioned	4 July 1997
Motto	list error: <br /> list (help) Sans peur "Without fear"
Fate	Template:Ship fate box active in service
General characteristics
Class and type	'Duke'-class Type 23 frigate
Displacement	4,900 tonnes
Length	133 m (463 ft 3 in)
Beam	16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help) CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 × Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 × GEC electric motors
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help) 28 knots (52 km/h) 15 knots (28 km/h) on diesel-electric
Range	7,800 nautical miles (14,400 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	185
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × ASuW Harpoon quad launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles 1 × BAE 4.5 inch (110 mm) Mk 8 gun 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns 4 × Sting Ray torpedo tubes Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers
Aircraft carried	1 × Lynx HMA8 helicopter

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sutherland.

HMS Sutherland (F81) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. It is the third ship to bear the name and is the thirteenth ship in the Duke class of frigates.

Affiliations

The Highlanders, 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
No. 201 Squadron RAF
County of Sutherland
Honourable Company of Master Mariners

Gallery

v t e Type 23 frigates
Royal Navy	Norfolk Marlborough Argyll† Lancaster† Iron Duke† Monmouth† Westminster# Northumberland# Montrose† Richmond# Somerset# Grafton Sutherland# Kent# Portland# St Albans#
Chilean Navy	Almirante Cochrane (ex-Norfolk) Almirante Condell (ex-Marlborough) Almirante Lynch (ex-Grafton)
Preceded by: Type 22 frigate Followed by: Type 26 frigate (ASW) / Type 31 frigate (GP)
# = Fitted with towed array sonar for ASW operations † = General purpose ship without towed array sonar List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy

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