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HMS Norfolk was a British Type 23 frigate, the sixth in the Royal Navy to use this name, laid down in 1985 by Yarrow Shipbuilders. She was launched on the Clyde by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in July 1987 and named for the Dukedom of Norfolk .
Although the Type 23 is officially the "Duke" class, and includes such famous names as HMS Iron Duke (which had been the name of the battleship HMS Iron Duke, Admiral Jellicoe's flagship at the Battle of Jutland), five of the names had previously been used on classes known as the "County class": Kent and Norfolk were names given both to 1960s ...
HMS Norfolk (F230) HMS Northumberland (F238) P. HMS Portland (F79) R. HMS Richmond (F239) S. HMS Somerset (F82) HMS St Albans (F83) HMS Sutherland (F81) W. HMS ...
HMS Norfolk (78) was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1928 and was scrapped in 1950. HMS Norfolk (D21) was a County-class destroyer launched in 1967. She was sold to Chile in 1982, and renamed Capitán Prat. She was decommissioned in 2006 and sold for scrap. HMS Norfolk (F230) was a Type 23 or 'Duke'-class frigate launched in 1987
U.S.S. Constellation Museum [18] USS Constitution: United States Massachusetts: Boston: United States: 1797 Wooden: Frigate: U.S.S. Constitution Museum [19] USS Croaker: United States New York: Buffalo: United States: 1943 Gato class: Submarine: Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park [20] Name Country Region City Nationality Launched ...
HMS Watchful, HQ, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Yarmouth, (14 April 1942 – July 1945) HMS Westcliffe, Flotilla training, Southend; HMS Westcliffe II, Combined Operations holding base for RM landing craft personnel, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex; HMS Wildfire, Chatham, Kent; HMS Wildfire II (1939–1940), Combined Operations base, Sheerness
Although it is a variant (perhaps derivative is better term) of the (conventional) Seawolf missile system it is a rather significant variant that was designed for Type 23 frigates and first fitted on HMS Norfolk(F230).
HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship was the Lead ship of the Norfolk-subclass of which only two were built: Norfolk and Dorsetshire. She served throughout the Second World War. During 1939-41 she operated in the Atlantic against German raiders and blockade runners.