HMS Malcolm (F88)

HMS Malcolm was a Blackwood-class, one of a dozen second-rate anti-submarine frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s. She was commissioned on 12 December 1957 and decommissioned in 1978. She was the second Royal Navy ship to be bear the name, and was named after Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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

HMS Malcolm in January 1958
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Malcolm
NamesakeAdmiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, GCB and GCMG
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun
Laid down1 February 1954
Launched18 October 1955
Commissioned12 December 1957
IdentificationPennant number: F88
FateScrapped in 1978
General characteristics
Class and typeBlackwood-class frigate
Displacement1,180 tons
Length310 ft 0 in (94.49 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught15 ft (4.6 m)
PropulsionTwo Babcock & Wilcox 550psi boilers were fitted with two English Electric steam turbines producing a total of 15,000 shp (11 MW) on one shaft
Speed28 knots (52 km/h)
Range5,200 nmi (9,630 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement140
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar: Type 978 navigation
  • Sonar: Type 162 target classification
  • Sonar: Type 170 attack
  • Sonar: Type 174 search
Armament
  • 3 × 40 mm Mk9 Bofors guns in single mountings
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes in twin mountings
  • 2 × Limbo Anti-submarine mortars
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