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Name | St Albans |
Ordered | February 1996 |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 18 April 1999 |
Launched | 6 May 2000 |
Commissioned | 6 June 2002 |
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Homeport | Devonport |
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Nickname(s) | "The Saint"[1] |
Status | In active service |
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Class and type | Type 23 frigate |
Displacement | 4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)[2] |
Length | 133 m (436 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
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Speed | In excess of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km; 9,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 185 (accommodation for up to 218) |
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HMS St Albans is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the sixth ship to bear the name and is the sixteenth and final ship in the Duke class of frigates.[11] She is based in Devonport, Plymouth.