HMS Cumberland (F85)

	HMS Cumberland and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cumberland
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	12 October 1984
Launched	21 June 1986
Commissioned	10 June 1989
Decommissioned	23 June 2011
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification	Pennant number: F85; IMO number: 4907127; International callsign: GAAP;
Motto	Latin Justitia Tenax; ("Tenacious of Justice");
Nickname(s)	The Fighting Sausage (after the Cumberland sausage)
Fate	Sold for scrap November 2013
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General characteristics
Class and type	Type 22 frigate
Displacement	5,300 tons
Length	148.1 m (486 ft 9 in)
Beam	14.8 m (48 ft 6 in)
Draught	6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Rolls-Royce Marine Spey gas turbines (high speed); 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbines (cruising);
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (cruise); 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max);
Complement	250 (max. 301)
Armament	2 × Sea Wolf anti air system (Total of 72 Sea Wolf missiles); 2 × Quad Harpoon missile launchers (total of 8 Harpoons); 2 × triple Ship Torpedo Weapon System (STWS) tubes firing Stingray ASW torpedoes (total of 36 torpedoes); 1 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk.8 gun; 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns; 1 × Goalkeeper CIWS; NATO Seagnat Decoy Launchers;
Aircraft carried	2 x Lynx Mk.8 helicopters (but only 1 Lynx in peacetime).; Armed with; 4 × Sea Skua anti-shipping missiles; 2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes; 2 × Mk 11 depth charges; 2 × Machine guns;

HMS Cumberland was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was launched in 1986 and commissioned on 10 June 1989. The frigate was on station during the First Gulf War and was part of the Devonport Flotilla based at Devonport Dockyard. Cumberland was decommissioned on 23 June 2011.

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