HMS Northumberland (F238)
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| Name | HMS Northumberland |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Ordered | December 1989 |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 4 April 1991 |
| Launched | 4 April 1992 |
| Sponsored by | Lady Anne Kerr |
| Commissioned | 29 September 1994 |
| Decommissioned | 12 March 2025 |
| Refit | LIFEX 2016–2018 |
| Homeport | HMNB Devonport |
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| Fate | Decommissioned due to structural damage, Awaiting Disposal |
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| Class & type | Type 23 frigate |
| Displacement | 4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons) |
| Length | 133 m (436 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
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| Speed | In excess of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 185 (accommodation for up to 205) |
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HMS Northumberland was a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Duke of Northumberland. She was the eighth Royal Navy ship to bear the name since the first 70-gun ship of the line in 1679, and the ninth in the class of Type 23 frigates. She was based at Devonport and was part of the Devonport Flotilla.
On 20 November 2024 Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey, announced the ship would be decommissioned stating the ships damage is "uneconomical to repair."