HMS Cornwall F-99

Type:
Frigate
Class:
Broadsword Type 22 Batch 3
Builder:

Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd.
Scotstoun, Scotland

Pennant Number:
F-99
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
October 14, 1985
Keel Laid:
December 14, 1983
Commissioned:
April 23, 1988
Fate:
Active in commission


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
485' 9"
Engines:
COGAG system
2 Rolls Royce Spey gas turbines
2 Rolls Royce Tyne gas turbines
Beam:
48' 5"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
21'
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
4,900 full
SHP:
Spey 54,600
Tyne 9,700
Speed:
30 knots
Crew:
220+
Range:
4,500 NM @ 18 knots


History
Christened by Diana, Princess of Wales.
Mar. 23, 2007:
15 crewmen and Royal Marines were captured by Iranian gunboats after boarding a
cargo ship suspected of smuggling cars into Iraq.



Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 23, 2007