HMS Kent
frigate
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Kent
- IMO number
- 8949719
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- frigate
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 275 m
- Beam
- 70 m
- Year built
- 2000
- Builder
- Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Kent
HMS Kent is a Type 23 Duke-class frigate of the Royal Navy, and the twelfth ship to bear the name, although formally she is named after the dukedom rather than the county. Sponsored by Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy (daughter of the late Prince George, Duke of Kent), Kent was launched on 28 May 1998 and commissioned on 8 June 2000 under the command of then Commander John Clink. She was the first ship to enter Royal Navy service in the 21st century and the first Royal Navy warship with a female Executive Officer, Lt Cdr Vanessa Jane Spiller, appointed in April 2001. Kent's lineage boasts sixteen Battle Honours from the three given to the first Kent of 46 guns built in 1653, to the five awarded to the ninth and tenth Kents of World War I and World War II.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Kent now?
- HMS Kent has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Kent?
- HMS Kent is a frigate, built in 2000 by Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited. The vessel is 275 m long with a beam of 70 m.
- Who owns HMS Kent?
- HMS Kent is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Kent been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Kent appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).