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     F-85 Cumberland     

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Country: United Kingdom United Kingdom
Class, [Type]: Type 22 Batch 3, [FF].
Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, U.K.
Launch date: 21 June 1986.
Commission date: 10 June 1989.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.200 standard, 4.900 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 148,1 x 14,8 x 6,4
Main machinery: COGOG: 2 x RR Spey SM1A gas turbines ( 29.500 hp ), 2 x RR Tyne RM3C gas turbines ( 10.680 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30, 18 on Tyne´s.
Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 18 knots on Tyne´s.
Complement: 250 ( 31 officers ), but the total amount could rise up to 301.

Guns: 1 x Vickers 114mm/55. 1 x Signaal/GE Goalkeeper 30mm. 2 x DES/Oerlikon 30mm/75.
Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon Block 1C, two quad launchers. SAM: British Aerospace Seawolf GWS 25 Mod 3, two mountings.
Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm Plessey STWS Mk 2 ( 2 triple tubes ). Marconi Stingray.

Radar: Air/Surface: Marconi Type 967/968, D/E bands; Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 or 1007, I band; Fire Control: 2 x Marconi Type 911, I/K bands ( Seawolf ).
Sonar: Thales Type 2050, hull mounted, active search and attack modes.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Sea Gnat. Towed torpedo decoy Graseby Type 182; ESM/ECM: MEL UUA-2 ( interceptor ), Type 670 or 675 ( jammer ).
Helicopter: different configurations available: 2 x Westland Lynx HMA 3/8 or 1 x Westland Seaking HAS 5 or 1 x EH101 Merlin HAS 1.

Callsign: GAAP ( Golf Alfa Alfa Papa )

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