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Another British Warship bound for Cork

category cork | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Wednesday August 29, 2007 16:01author by Shipwatcher

The 5,000 frigate HMS Westminster will arrive in Cork Harbour at dawn tomorrow and will be berthed at Custom House Quay in the heart of the city.
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It is less than six weeks since the last British warship, HMS Liverpool was in neutral Ireland (departed 16th July 07).

The Westminster is a Type 23 Frigate with a displacement of 5,000 tonnes and is 133 metres long and has a crew of 185 on board.

Its estimated time of arrival in Cork is 06.00hrs tomorrow which should see it arrive at Roches Point around 5am.

HMS Westminster's armaments include the following:-

2 ASuW Harpoon quad launchers
Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles
BAE 4.5 inch (110 mm) Mk 8 gun
2 Oerlikon 30 mm guns
4 Sting Ray torpedo tubes
Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers

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