| Laid down | 12th May 1986 |
| Launched | 20th January 1988 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 4th May 1990 |
| Fate | In service with Royal Navy |
| Builders | Swan Hunter, Tyne United Kingdom |
| Complement | 286 |
| Dimensions | |
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| Displacement | 4200 tons std 5250 tons max |
| Dimensions | 485' 6" x 48' 3" |
| Draught | 17' 5" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 1 x Vickers Mk8 4.5" |
| Secondary guns | 2 x Oerlikon KCB 30mm (2 x 1) |
| Torpedoes | 6 x 12.75" STWS-2 tubes (2 x 3) |
| Other weapons | SSM: 8 x Harpoon 1C (2 x 4) SAM: 2 x GWS25 Mod 3 SeaWolf launchers (2 x 6) 32 rounds CIWS: 1 x HSA Goalkeeper |
| Countermeasures | 4 x Corvus decoy launchers HIRAM decoy flares 2 x SRBOC decoy launchers |
| Armour | N/A |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | 1 x Westland Lynx HAS1 |
| Flightdeck | N/A |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | N/A |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | Type 1007 navigation 2 x Type 910 tracking Type 967 surveillance Type 968 surveillance |
| Sonar | Type 2050 passive/active hull mounted Type 162M target classification Type 2008 comunications Type 2031Z towed array |
| ECM | Thorn Guardian jammers |
| Other | GWS60 Harpoon fire control GWS25 Mod 0 SeaWolf fire control CAISS combat data control UAA-1 ESM SNAPS navigation |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | COGAG 2 x Rolls Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines 2 x Rolls Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines 4 x Paxman Valenta 12PA200CZ diesel generators |
| Power output | 37540shp Spey 8500shp Tyne 4MW diesel generators |
| Speed | 29kts Olympus 18kts Tyne |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 7500NM @ 18kts |
| Fuel | 900 tons oil |
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