HMS LANCASTER (F229) at Portsmouth 12/6/2010
Type 23 frigate originally given pennant number F232 but regarded as unlucky as this is report form number for groundings/collisions.
Ordered 1986, commissioned 1992
Built by Yarrow; DISP:4900 tonnes
Length 133, beam 16 metre
Powerplant: CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas)..2 × Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines, 4 × Paxman Valenta diesel engines,2 × GEC electric motors. 28 kts (15kts diesel electric only)