F-233 Marlborough
HMS MARLBOROUGH was built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders at Wallsend on the Tyne, where she was launched by Lady Black on 21 January 1989. She was accepted into Naval service at Portsmouth on 7 March 1991 and commissioned in Devonport on 14 June the same year.
She is the sixth ship to carry the name and has battle honours ranging from Martinique in 1792 to Jutland in 1916. The ship's motto is "S'en Vat'en Guerre" (He Goes to War).
HMS MARLBOROUGH is the second of the Type 23 'Duke' Class frigates
The First Marlborough
The first was a second-rate of 1,131 tons originally named the St Michael, which was renamed MARLBOROUGH in 1706 in honour of the Duke of Marlborough after his victories at the Battles of Blenheim, Ramilles and Malplaquet. The ship won battle honours in 1762 at Martinique and Havana.
The First Marlborough
The second ship of the name, a 74-gun third rate of 1,640 tons, had a glorious career, winning battle honours at St Vincent and The Saints in 1782, and the The First of June in 1794.
The Other Marlboroughs
Three further MARLBOROUGH's followed, the last of which was an "Iron Duke" Class battleship of 25,000 tons, which won the most recent battle honour at Jutland in 1916.
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