:HMS Belfast (Type 26 frigate)

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| Ship country = United Kingdom

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| Ship name = *Belfast

| Ship namesake = Belfast

| Ship ordered = 2 July 2017

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| Ship builder = BAE, Glasgow

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| Ship laid down = 29 June 2021

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| Ship commissioned = Expected 2029{{cite web | url=https://www.navylookout.com/in-focus-delivering-the-type-26-frigates/ | title=In focus: Delivering the Type 26 Frigates | Navy Lookout | date=12 December 2022 }}

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| Ship class = Type 26 frigate

| Ship displacement = {{convert|6,900|t|abbr=on}}, 8,000+ t full load{{cite news | url=http://archive.defensenews.com/article/20141109/DEFREG01/311090024/Britain-Struggles-Costs-New-Frigates | title=Britain Struggles With Costs for New Frigates | first=Andrew | last=Chuter | date=9 November 2014 | work=Defense News | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20150225130935/http://archive.defensenews.com/article/20141109/DEFREG01/311090024/Britain-Struggles-Costs-New-Frigates | archive-date=25 February 2015 }}[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201415/ldhansrd/text/150126-0001.htm House of Lords - Hansard - Defence: Type 26 Frigates], .publications.parliament.uk, 26 January 2015

| Ship length = {{convert|149.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|20.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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| Ship propulsion = * CODLOG configuration:

• 1 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine{{cite web |title=Type 26 Frigate - Global Combat Ship |url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108 |website=www.navyrecognition.com |access-date=12 December 2018 |date=30 September 2011}}
• 4 × MTU Type 20V 4000 M53B high-speed diesel generators
• 2 × electric motors

| Ship speed = In excess of {{convert|26|kn|lk=in}}

| Ship range = In excess of {{convert|7000|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on

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| Ship boats = 2

| Ship complement = 157

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| Ship sensors = *Radar

• 3D radar - Type 997 Artisan
• Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-navigation-radar-system-for-royal-navy|title=New navigation radar system for Royal Navy - News stories - GOV.UK|access-date=24 July 2016}}
• Terma SCANTER 6000 2D X-Band navigation radar{{cite web|url=https://www.terma.com/press/news-2018/imo-certified-naval-radar-solution/|title=IMO Certified Naval Radar Solution|publisher=Terma|access-date=24 October 2018|archive-date=13 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513132142/https://www.terma.com/press/news-2018/imo-certified-naval-radar-solution/|url-status=dead}}
• Sonar
• Sonar 2087 (towed array sonar)
• Ultra Electronics Type 2150 bow sonar
• Satcom
• SCOT-5 satcom

| Ship EW = IRVIN-GQ DLF decoys

| Ship armament = *Missiles:

• 12-cell VLS for 48 Sea Ceptor anti-air missiles{{cite web |last1=Trevithick |first1=Joseph |title=Everything You Need To Know About The Royal Navy's New Type 26 Frigates |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/12709/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-royal-navys-new-type-26-frigates |website=The Drive |date=20 July 2017 |access-date=14 November 2020}}
• 24-cell Mark 41 VLS for Tomahawk, VL-ASROC, CAMM or ESSM (quadpacked), and anti-ship missiles.{{cite web |last1=Trevithick |first1=Joseph |title=Canada's New Frigate Will Be Brimming With Missiles |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37506/canadas-new-frigate-will-be-brimming-with-missiles |website=The Drive |date=13 November 2020 |access-date=14 November 2020}}{{citation |url=http://www.janes.com/article/46719/uk-confirms-mk-41-vls-selection-for-type-26 |title=UK confirms Mk 41 VLS selection for Type 26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207082926/http://www.janes.com/article/46719/uk-confirms-mk-41-vls-selection-for-type-26 |archive-date=7 December 2014 |publisher=IHS |date= 4 December 2014 |first=Richard |last=Scott |work= Jane's Navy International}}{{cite web | url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/bae-video-shows-type-26-frigate-customised-australia/ |title = BAE video shows Type 26 Frigate customised for Australia|date =1 August 2017 |website=UK Defence Journal |first=George |last=Allison }}
• Guns:
• 1 × 5-inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/july/28/160728-type-26-gun-contract|title=£183 million deal for new gun on Type 26 Global Combat Ship sustains 43 skilled UK jobs |work=Royal Navy |access-date=25 March 2017 |date=28 July 2016}}
• 2 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns
• 2 × Phalanx CIWS
• Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns (TBC){{cite web |url=https://www.navylookout.com/in-focus-the-50-cal-heavy-machine-gun-in-royal-navy-service/ |title=In focus: the 50 cal heavy machine gun in Royal Navy service |publisher=Navy Lookout |date=5 May 2023 |access-date=5 May 2023}}
• 4 × general purpose machine guns

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| Ship aircraft = * Accommodation for two helicopters:

• Wildcat, armed with;
• 4 × anti-ship missiles, or
• 2 × anti-submarine torpedoes
• 20 × Martlet multirole air-surface missiles
• Mk 11 depth charges
• AgustaWestland Merlin, armed with;
• 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes

| Ship aircraft facilities = * Large Chinook-capable flight deck

• Enclosed hangar
• Facilities for UAVs

| Ship notes = *Flexible Mission Bay

• Rolls-Royce Mission Bay Handling System

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