Type: Anti-submarine warfare frigate
Displacement: 4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)[1]
Length: 133.0 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam: 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:
CODLAG:
4 × 1,510 kW (2,025 hp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators (Non-PGMU ships)
4 × 1,650 kilowatts (2,210 shp) MTU 12V4000 M53 diesel generators (PGMU ships)
2 × GEC electric motors delivering 2,980 kW (3,996 hp) each
2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Spey SM1C delivering 12,750 kW (17,098 hp)
Speed: list error:
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In excess of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
HMS Sutherland achieved 34.4 knots (63.7 km/h; 39.6 mph) during high-speed trials in November 2008
Range: 7,500 nmi (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried: 2 × Pacific 24 RIBs
Complement: 185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
UAF-1 ESM or UAT Mod 1
Seagnat
Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:
Anti-air missiles:
1 × 32-cell Sea Ceptor GWS 35 Vertical Launching System (VLS) canisters for 32 missiles (1–25+ km)[2] (replacing original Sea Wolf SAM)
Anti-ship missiles:
2 × quad Harpoon launchers
Anti-submarine torpedoes:
2 × twin 12.75 in (324 mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes
Guns:
1 × BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun
2 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or, 2 × 30 mm DS30B guns
2 × Miniguns
4 × General-purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:
1 × Wildcat HMA2, armed with:
2 × anti submarine torpedoes (Martlet and Sea Venom ASM to be fitted in 2021/22)
or
1 × Westland Merlin HM2, armed with;
4 × anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:
Flight deck
Enclosed hangar