HMS Keppel (F85)

	Blackwood-class frigate HMS Keppel, February 1972
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Keppel
Namesake	Augustus Keppel
Builder	Yarrow, Scotstoun
Laid down	27 March 1953
Launched	31 August 1954
Commissioned	6 July 1956
Identification	Pennant number: F85
Fate	Scrapped 1979
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 Keppel (F85) 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. She was named for Augustus Keppel, who served during the Seven Years' War and was admiral of the Western Squadron during the American War of Independence.

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