HMS Westminster F237
Royal Navy Type 23 'Duke' Class Frigate HMS Westminster F237 leaves Devonport Naval Base and passes 'the narrows' at Devil's Point on 19th March 2017. The second warship to bare the name Westminster, the ship's motto is 'For Nation and for Glory' and was launched on 4th February 1992 and commissioned in May 1994. Normally based at Portsmouth, she entered refit in November 2014, emerging in January 2017 equipped with a new principal weapon system, Sea Ceptor, instead of Seawolf, and Radar Type 997. The Type 23s are 436 feet long, have a displacement of 4900 tons and are equipped with two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C engines delivering 31100shp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8hAOZuxsa4
In this film we see two Royal Navy Warships pass each other, as Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll F231 passes HMS Westminster F237 (anchored) as 'Argyll' enters Devonport.
HMS Westminster F237, a Type 23 'Duke' Class Frigate of the Royal Navy, and we see her off the breakwater in Plymouth Sound as she prepares to enter Devonport Naval Base on 13th June 2017.
HMS Westminster F237 is seen entering Devonport Naval Base as she passes Devil's Point on 13th June 2017. She is a Type 23 'Duke' Class Frigate of the Royal Navy and is the second warship to bare the name Westminster, named after the City of Westminster and Duke of Westminster, with the ship's motto being 'For Nation and for Glory.' Launched on 4th February 1992 and commissioned in May 1994, her predecessor was a 'W' Class Destroyer that was launched in 1918 and sold in 1948.
At just after 0830 on 19th June 2017, HMS Westminster F237, a Type 23 'Duke' class frigate of the Royal Navy, is seen leaving Devonport Naval Base and passing Mutton Cove. As she leaves Devonport, HMS Westminster passes Slip No. 1, one of two covered shipbuilding slips at Devonport South Yard which dates from 1763, and is the oldest remaining covered slipway in any royal dockyard, with its roof subsequently being added later in 1814.
HMS Westminster F237, a Type 23 'Duke' Class Frigate of the Royal Navy, is seen in atmospheric if murky conditions as she slips away from Devonport Naval Base at Mutton Cove on 3rd July 2017. There is something truly impressive about watching a warship departing in such conditions! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M310_0XTavg
HMS Westminster F237, one of the Royal Navy's Type 23 'Duke' class frigates, leaves Devonport Naval Base and passes the narrows at Devil's Point, just after 0800 on 26th June 2017, as she heads out from base to sea, shortly after the departure of HMS Ocean, which can be glimpsed briefly in Plymouth Sound.
In glorious winter conditions, Royal Navy Type 23 'Duke' Class Frigate HMS Westminster F237 rounds Devil's Point and passes Rusty Anchor at Plymouth Hoe, before passing Mountbatten, as she leaves Devonport and heads from base to sea on 25th November 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHIIg6tuAWo