Disposal
On 21 July 2004, in the Delivering Security in a Changing World review of defence spending, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon announced that HMS Norfolk, Marlborough and Grafton were to be paid off. In 2005 it was announced that these three vessels would be sold to the Chilean Navy, to be delivered in 2008. In September 2005 BAE Systems was awarded a £134 million GBP contract to prepare the frigates for transfer. The Marlborough, Norfolk and Grafton were sold to Chile for a total of £134 million. The letter of intent for purchase was signed in December 2004, followed by a formal contract on 7 September 2005. The Norfolk was handed over by the Defence Logistics Organisation and BAE Systems and commissioned into the Chilean Navy on 22 November 2006, and named Almirante Cochrane (FF-05) (after Lord Cochrane, a naval hero to both the British and Chileans). The Grafton was delivered to Chilean Navy on 28 March 2007 at Portsmouth and renamed Almirante Lynch (FF-07). The Marlborough was delivered to Chilean Navy on 28 May 2008 at Portsmouth and renamed Almirante Condell (FF-06).
The Royal Navy’s current Type 23 frigates will be replaced by the Global Combat Ship, planned to be delivered from 2021. As of 2012 it is planned that Argyll will be the first Type 23 to retire from the Royal Navy, in 2023 and St Albans will be the last, in 2036.
| Name | RN Home port | Out-of-service date (as planned in 2006) |
Out-of-service date (as announced in 2009) |
Actual out-of-service date | Name after sale abroad | New home port | Commissioned by foreign navy | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Norfolk | Devonport | FY2005-06 | Almirante Cochrane FF-05 | Valparaiso | 22 November 2006 | Active Chilean Navy | ||
| HMS Marlborough | Portsmouth | FY2005-06 | Almirante Condell FF-06 | Valparaiso | 2008 | Active Chilean Navy | ||
| HMS Grafton | Portsmouth | Non-operational from 31 March 2006. | Almirante Lynch FF-07 | Valparaiso | 28 March 2007 | Active Chilean Navy | ||
| HMS Argyll | Devonport | 2019 | 2023 | Active RN | ||||
| HMS Lancaster | Portsmouth | 2019 | 2024 | Active RN | ||||
| HMS Iron Duke | Portsmouth | 2020 | 2025 | Active RN | ||||
| HMS Monmouth | Devonport | 2021 | 2026 | Active RN | ||||
| HMS Montrose | Devonport | 2021 | 2027 | Active RN | ||||
| HMS Westminster | Portsmouth | 2028 | Active RN | |||||
| HMS Northumberland | Devonport | 2029 | Active RN | |||||
| HMS Richmond | Portsmouth | 2030 | Active RN | |||||
| HMS Somerset | Devonport | 2031 | Active RN | |||||
| HMS Sutherland | Devonport | 2033 | Active RN | |||||
| HMS Kent | Portsmouth | 2034 | Active RN | |||||
| HMS Portland | Devonport | 2035 | Active RN | |||||
| HMS St. Albans | Portsmouth | 2036 | Active RN |
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