HMS Active (F171)
| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 23 July 1971 |
| Launched: | 23 November 1972 |
| Commissioned: | 19 July 1975 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,250 tons full load |
| Length: | 384 feet (117 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 9 in (12.7 m) |
| Draught: | 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines, plus two Rolls-Royce RM1A Tyne gas turbines for cruising |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 4000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h), 1200 nautical miles (2,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 177 |
| Armament: | One Mk8 4.5 in (114 mm) gun Two 20 mm Oerlikon guns Four SeaCat SAMs Two Corvus chaff launchers One Type 182 towed decoy |
| Aircraft: | One Westland Wasp when built, refitted later for one Westland Lynx |
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HMS Active (F171) was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.
See HMS Active for other ships of the same name.
| Type 21 frigate |
| Amazon | Antelope | Active | Ambuscade | Arrow | Alacrity | Ardent | Avenger |
| List of frigates of the Royal Navy |
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