HMS Blackpool (F77)

HMS Blackpool was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blackpool.

HMS Blackpool
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Blackpool
Ordered6 March 1951
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast
Laid down20 December 1954
Launched14 February 1957
Commissioned14 August 1958
Out of serviceLeased to the Royal New Zealand Navy between 7 June 1966– 30 June 1971
IdentificationPennant number: F77
FateSold for scrapping in 1978
General characteristics
Class and typeWhitby-class frigate
Displacement
  • 2,150 tons (2,185 tonnes)
  • 2,560 tons full load (2,600 tonnes)
Length
  • 360 ft (109.7 m) w/l
  • 370 ft (112.8 m) o/a
Beam41 ft (12.5 m)
Draught17 ft (5.18 m)
PropulsionY-100 plant; 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 English Electric steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp (22 MW)
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range370 tons oil fuel, 4,200 nmi (7,780 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement152, later 225
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar Type 293Q target indication.
  • Radar Type 277Q height finding (later removed)
  • Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mark 6M
  • Radar Type 262 fire control on STAAG
  • Radar Type 974 navigation
  • Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF
  • Sonar Type 174 search
  • Sonar Type 162 target classification
  • Sonar Type 170 attack
Armament
  • 1 × twin 4.5 in (114 mm) gun Mark 6
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 2 STAAG, later;
    • 1 × single 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7
  • 2 × Limbo A/S mortar Mark 10
  • 12 × 21 in A/S torpedo tubes (removed or never shipped)
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