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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
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
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 ...
Chilean destroyer Almirante Cochrane (1967), a County-class destroyer, the former HMS Antrim (D18), acquired by the Chilean Navy in 1984, and decommissioned in 2006 Chilean frigate Almirante Cochrane (FF-05) , a Type 23 frigate, the former HMS Norfolk (F230), commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 2006
The Fleet Air Arm Museum is devoted to the history of British naval aviation.It has an extensive collection of military and civilian aircraft, aero engines, models of aircraft and Royal Navy ships (especially aircraft carriers), and paintings and drawings related to naval aviation.