HMS Montrose with a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Montrose
Operator:	Royal Navy
Ordered:	July 1988
Builder:	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down:	1 November 1989
Launched:	31 July 1992
Commissioned:	2 June 1994
Homeport:	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Motto:	Mare ditat rosa decorat Latin: "The sea enriches and the rose adorns"
Status:	in active service, as of 2012
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Type 23 Frigate
Displacement:	4,900 tonnes, standard[1]
Length:	133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam:	16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught:	7.3 m (23 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	CODLAG with four 1510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta12CM diesel generators powering two GEC electric motorsdelivering 2980kW (4000 shp) and two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp) to two shafts
Speed:	28 knots, HMS Sutherlandachieved 34.4 knots during high-speed trials (November 2008)
Range:	14,485 km (9,000 miles) at 15 knots
Complement:	185
Electronic warfare and decoys:	4 x 6-barrel Seagnat decoy launchers DFL2/3 offboard decoys
Armament:	Anti-air missiles; 32 cell Sea Wolf air-defence GWS.26 VLS for 32; Sea Wolf missiles (range 1-13 km) Anti-ship missiles; 2× quadruple Harpoon launchers. (8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine torpedoes; 2× twin 12.75 in (324 mm) tubes for Stingray ASW torpedoes. Guns; 1× BAE 4.5 inch Mk8 gun 2× 30mm DS30M automated guns, or, 2× 30mm DS30B guns 2× Miniguns 4× General-purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:	1×Lynx HMA8, armed with; 4× Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or 2× anti submarine torpedoes or 1×Westland Merlin HM1, armed with; 4× anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck Enclosed hangar