HMS Grafton (F51)

	HMS Grafton
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Grafton
Namesake	Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Builder	JS White and Co Ltd
Laid down	25 February 1953
Launched	13 February 1954
Commissioned	8 January 1957
Identification	Pennant number: F51
Fate	Broken up, 1971
General characteristics
Class and type	Blackwood-class frigate (Type 14 frigate)
Displacement	1,456 long tons (1,479 t) full load
Length	310 ft (94.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	15 ft (4.6 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 15,000 shp (11 MW);
Propulsion	1 shaft; 1 steam turbine set
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	140
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar Type 974 navigation; Sonar Type 174 search; Sonar Type 162 target classification; Sonar Type 170 targeting;
Armament	3 × 40 mm Bofors guns; 2 × Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortars;

HMS Grafton was one of a dozen Blackwood-class frigate (also known as the Type 14 class) of second-rate anti-submarine frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.

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