| Laid down | 4th April 1991 |
| Launched | 4th April 1992 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 29th November 1994 |
| Fate | In service with Royal Navy |
| Builders | Swan Hunter, Tyne United Kingdom |
| Complement | 12 + 160 |
| Dimensions | |
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| Displacement | 3500 tons std 4200 tons max |
| Dimensions | 436' 3" x 52' 8" |
| Draught | 18' |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 1 x 4.5"/55 Vickers Mk8 |
| Secondary guns | 2 x 30mm/75 Oerlikon KCB (2 x 1) |
| Torpedoes | 4 x 12.75" fixed tubes (2 x 2) |
| Other weapons | SSM: 8 x Harpoon 1C (2 x 4) SAM: 1 x GWS26 SeaWolf VLS 32 rounds |
| Countermeasures | 4 x SeaGnat decoy launchers 1 x Type 182 towed decoy |
| 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 966 surveillance 2 x Type 911 tracking Type 1007 navigation |
| Sonar | Type 2050 active/passive hull mounted Type 2031 passive towed array |
| ECM | Racal Cutlass ECM |
| Other | GWS60 Harpoon fire control GWS26 SeaWolf fire control Marconi ICS3 communications SCOT communications GSA8 Sea Archer 30 fire control |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | CODLAG 2 x Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines 4 x Paxman Valenta 12RP200CZ diesels 2 x GEC electric motors |
| Power output | 31100shp gas turbine 8100bhp diesel 4000bhp electric motors |
| Speed | 28kts gas turbine 15kts diesel electric |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 7800NM @ 15kts |
| Fuel | N/A |
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