HMS Montrose (F236)

	HMS Montrose in 2005
History
United Kingdom
Name	Montrose
Ordered	July 1988
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	1 November 1989
Launched	31 July 1992
Sponsored by	Lady Rifkind
Commissioned	2 June 1994
Decommissioned	17 April 2023
Refit	LIFEX 2014–2017
Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth
Identification	IMO number: 8949642; MMSI number: 234618000; Callsign: GCOD;
Motto	Mare ditat rosa decorat; Latin: "The sea enriches and the rose adorns";
Status	Decommissioned
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General characteristics
Class and type	Type 23 frigate
Displacement	4,900 t (4,800 long tons)
Length	133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam	16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Height	28.6 m (93 ft 10 in)
Draught	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	CODLAG:; Four 1,510 kW (2,020 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators; Two GEC electric motors delivering 2,980 kW (4,000 shp); Two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp);
Speed	In excess of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	7,500 nmi (14,000 km; 9,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	UAT Mod 1 ESM; Seagnat; Type 2170 Surface Ship Torpedo Defence;
Armament	Anti-air missiles:; 1 × 32-cell GWS 35 Vertical Launching System (VLS) for:; 32 × Sea Ceptor missiles (1–25+ km); Anti-ship missiles:; 2 × quad Harpoon launchers (8 × missiles); Anti-submarine torpedoes:; 2 × twin 12.75 in (324 mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes; Guns:; 1 × BAE 4.5-inch Mk 8 naval gun; 2 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or, 2 × 30 mm DS30B guns; 2 × Miniguns; 4 × General-purpose machine gun;
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wildcat HMA2, armed with;; 2 × anti-submarine torpedoes; or; 1 × Westland Merlin HM2, armed with;; 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes;
Aviation facilities	Flight deck; Enclosed hangar;

HMS Montrose was the eighth of the sixteen-ship Type 23 or Duke class of frigates, of the Royal Navy, named after the Duke of Montrose. She was laid down in November 1989 by Yarrow Shipbuilders on the Clyde, and was launched on 31 July 1992 by Edith Rifkind (later Lady Rifkind), wife of (later Sir) Malcolm Rifkind, Secretary of State for Defence. She was commissioned into service in June 1994.

Having once been the flagship of the 6th Frigate Squadron, Montrose became part of the Devonport Flotilla, based in Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth. In 2018, it was announced that Montrose would become the first Royal Navy frigate to be forward-deployed to the UK Naval Support Facility in Bahrain. The 2021 defence review announced that the ship would now be retired early, likely after her return to the U.K. from the Persian Gulf. She was deployed on maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf up to November 2022. On 5 January 2022 the frigate passed the 1,000-day milestone of days at sea and in November of that year departed the Persian Gulf to return to the U.K. ahead of her planned decommissioning, expected in spring 2023. She was subsequently decommissioned on 17 April 2023.

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