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| Career | RN Ensign |
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| Ordered: | February 1996 |
| Laid down: | 18 April 1999 |
| Launched: | 6 May 2000 |
| Commissioned: | 6 June 2002 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel-electric and Gas): 2 Rolls-Royce Spey boost turbines 4 Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors |
| Speed: | |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 185 |
| Armament: | 2 ASuW Harpoon quad launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles 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: | Lynx HMA8 |
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HMS St. Albans (F83) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
In early 2004 the ship was deployed on Operation Oracle duties in the Arabian Sea.
See HMS St Albans for other ships of the same name.
| Type 23 frigates | |
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 Royal Navy | |
 Chilean Navy |
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