"1/350 HMS Montrose" Topic

"The type 23 is currently the backbone of the Royal Navy, with thirteen out of sixteen built still in service and scheduled to remain for quite some while. The vessels are named for British dukes and are commonly referred to as the Duke class. It is a multipurpose frigate equipped with a 4.5 inch gun, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, a VLS for AAW, close-range guns, and a helicopter for ASW work. Some stealthy features are included in the design, but by far not as many as in later classes of ships. This pretty well-balanced design emerged from a long and convoluted design process that originally aimed at a cheap single-mission unit fielding a towed sonar array to patrol the GIUK (Greenland-Iceland-UK) gap against Soviet submarines. Luckily so many changes were made that in the end a ship was built that actually still had a mission, because the first unit was commissioned on time for the end of the cold war. The type 23 has been and is deployed globally, and step by step refits and upgrades are being incorporated, so here are notable differences between individual units. Externally most distinguishing is the angled, stealthy Mk 8 Mod 1 „Kryten" gun turret. The vessels are able to operate the Lynx as well as the larger Merlin helicopter.

HMS Montrose was commissioned in 1994 as the eighth ship in class, her home base is Devonport/Plymouth. She has been deployed world wide during her career, from the South Atlantic over the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean. She is named after the Scottish dukedom of Montrose…"

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