HMS Arrow (F173)
| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 28 September 1972 |
| Launched: | 5 February 1974 |
| Commissioned: | 28 July 1976 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,250 tons full load |
| Length: | 384 feet |
| Beam: | 41' 9" |
| Draught: | 19' 6" |
| Propulsion: | Two Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines, plus two Rolls-Royce RM1A Tyne gas turbines for cruising |
| Speed: | 32 knots |
| Range: | 4000 nautical miles at 17 knots, 1200 nautical miles at 30 knots |
| Complement: | 177 |
| Armament: | One Mk8 4.5" 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 Arrow (F173) was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.
See HMS Arrow 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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