HMS Whitby (F36)

HMS Whitby was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom built by Cammell Laird and Co Ltd, Birkenhead. She was launched on 2 July 1954 and commissioned on 10 July 1956.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Whitby
Ordered2 February 1951
BuilderCammell Laird and Co Ltd, Birkenhead
Laid down30 September 1952
Launched2 July 1954
Commissioned10 July 1956
Decommissioned1974
IdentificationPennant number: F36
FateSold for scrapping in 1979
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, later;
    • Radar Type 993
  • 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)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.