Preceded by:
Tribal (Type 81) (1961)Succeeded by:
Amazon (Type 21) (1974)Class | Leander (1) | Leander (2) | Leander (BB) |
Type | Frigate | Guided Missile Frigate | Guided Missile Frigate |
Year | 1963 | 1968 | 1966 |
Crew | 251-263 | 251-263 | 251-263 |
Dimensions | |||
Length | 109.7 m (pp) 113.4 m | 109.7 m (pp) 113.4 m | 109.7 m (pp) 113.4 m |
Beam | 12.5 m | 13.1 m | 13.1 m |
Draught | 5.5 m | 5.5 m | 5.5 m |
Displacement | |||
Empty | 2,350 t | 2,350 t | 2,500-2,790 t |
Loaded | 2,860 t | 2,860 t | 2,962-3,300 t |
Performance | |||
Speed | 52 km/h | 52 km/h | 52 km/h |
Range | 7,408 km @ 28 km/h | 7,408 km @ 28 km/h | 7,408 km @ 28 km/h |
Machinery | |||
Shafts | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 30,000 hp White-English Electric Y-100 | 2 x Geared steam 30,000 hp White-English Electric Y-136 | 2 x Geared steam 30,000 hp White-English Electric Y-136 |
Boilers | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox |
Fuel | Oil: 460 t | Oil: 460 t | Oil: 460 t |
Armament | |||
Main | 2 x 114-mm/45 (1 x 2) QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V -15° / +80° | 2 x 114-mm/45 (1 x 2) QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V -15° / +80° | 2 x 114-mm/45 (1 x 2) QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V -15° / +80° |
Anti-Sub | Limbo Mk. 10 (1 x 3) | Limbo Mk. 10 (1 x 3) | Limbo Mk. 10 (1 x 3) |
AA Weapons | - | Seacat GWS.22 (1 x 4) | Seacat GWS.22 (1 x 4) |
Armor | |||
Armor | None | None | None |
Sensors | |||
Radar | Type 903 Type 965 (AKE-1) Type 974/978 Type 992Q | Type 903 Type 965 (AKE-1) Type 974/978 Type 992Q | Type 903 Type 965 (AKE-1) Type 974/978 Type 992Q |
Sonar | Type 162 Type 184 Type 199 | Type 162 Type 184 Type 199 | Type 162 Type 184 Type 199 |
Aircraft | |||
Helicopters | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Production | |||
Built | 10 | 7 | 13 |
Total | 26 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Leander (1): | |||||||||
Leander | F109 | Harland & Wolff | 10/04/1959 | 28/06/1961 | 27/03/1963 | 01/09/1988 | Sunk as target | ||
Ajax | F114 | Cammell Laird | 19/10/1959 | 16/08/1962 | 11/12/1963 | 31/05/1985 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Dido | F104 | Yarrow | 02/12/1959 | 22/12/1961 | 18/09/1963 | 18/07/1983 | Transferred | ||
Penelope | F127 | Vickers-Armstrong | 14/03/1961 | 17/08/1962 | 01/11/1963 | 1991 | Transferred | ||
Aurora | F10 | John Brown | 01/06/1961 | 28/11/1962 | 09/04/1964 | 01/05/1987 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Euryalus | F15 | Scotts | 02/11/1961 | 06/06/1963 | 16/09/1964 | 05/1989 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Galatea | F18 | Swan Hunter | 29/12/1961 | 23/05/1963 | 25/04/1964 | 08/1986 | Sunk as target | ||
Arethusa | F38 | White | 17/09/1962 | 05/11/1963 | 29/09/1965 | 04/04/1989 | Sunk as target | ||
Naiad | F39 | Yarrow | 30/10/1962 | 04/11/1963 | 15/03/1965 | 01/05/1987 | Sunk as target | ||
Waikato | F55 | Harland & Wolff | 10/01/1964 | 18/02/1965 | 16/09/1966 | 1998 | Sunk as artifical reef | ||
Leander (2): | |||||||||
Phoebe | F42 | Stephen | 03/06/1963 | 08/07/1964 | 15/04/1966 | 31/12/1990 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Cleopatra | F28 | Devonport DYd | 19/06/1963 | 25/03/1964 | 01/03/1966 | 01/06/1992 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Minerva | F45 | Vickers-Armstrong | 27/07/1963 | 19/12/1964 | 13/05/1966 | 30/04/1992 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Sirius | F40 | Portsmouth DYd | 09/08/1963 | 22/09/1964 | 15/06/1966 | 27/02/1993 | Sunk as target | ||
Juno | F52 | Thornycroft | 16/07/1964 | 24/11/1965 | 18/07/1967 | 04/11/1992 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Argonaut | F56 | Hawthorn Leslie | 27/11/1964 | 08/02/1966 | 17/08/1967 | 31/03/1993 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Danae | F47 | Devonport DYd | 16/01/1965 | 21/10/1965 | 10/10/1967 | 07/1991 | Transferred | ||
Leander (BB): | |||||||||
Hermione | F58 | Stephen | 10/12/1965 | 26/04/1967 | 11/07/1969 | 30/06/1992 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Andromeda | F57 | Portsmouth DYd | 25/05/1966 | 24/05/1967 | 04/07/1968 | 06/1993 | Transferred | ||
Jupiter | F60 | Yarrow | 03/10/1966 | 04/09/1967 | 13/08/1969 | 22/08/1992 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Bacchante | F69 | Vickers-Armstrong | 25/10/1966 | 29/02/1968 | 05/12/1969 | 1982 | Transferred | ||
Charybdis | F75 | Harland & Wolff | 27/01/1967 | 28/02/1968 | 06/06/1969 | 30/09/1991 | Sunk as target | ||
Scylla | F71 | Devonport DYd | 17/05/1967 | 08/08/1968 | 14/02/1970 | 27/03/1990 | Sunk as artifical reef | ||
Achilles | F12 | Yarrow | 27/10/1967 | 21/11/1968 | 09/06/1970 | 27/03/1990 | Transferred | ||
Diomede | F16 | Yarrow | 30/01/1968 | 15/04/1969 | 02/04/1971 | 31/05/1988 | Transferred | ||
Apollo | F70 | Yarrow | 21/11/1969 | 15/10/1970 | 28/05/1972 | 31/08/1988 | Transferred | ||
Ariadne | F72 | Yarrow | 01/05/1970 | 10/09/1971 | 10/02/1973 | 30/12/1992 | Transferred | ||
Canterbury | F148 | Yarrow | 12/04/1969 | 06/05/1970 | 22/10/1971 | 21/03/2005 | Sunk as artifical reef | ||
Condell (Leander) (BB): | |||||||||
Almirante Condell | FF-06 | Yarrow | 05/06/1971 | 12/06/1972 | 21/12/1973 | 18/04/2008 | Transferred | ||
Almirante Lynch | FF-07 | Yarrow | 06/12/1971 | 06/12/1972 | 25/05/1974 | 04/07/2007 | Transferred |
Ship | Code | Former | Code | Comm | Decomm | Fate | |||
Ministro Zenteno | FF-08 | Achilles | F12 | 27/03/1990 | 08/2006 | Scuttled inactive | |||
General Baquedano | FF-09 | Ariadne | F72 | 30/12/1992 | 12/1998 | Sunk as target | |||
Presidente Eloy Alfaro | FM01 | Penelope | F127 | 1991 | 19/03/2008 | Struck | |||
Morán Valverde | FM02 | Danae | F47 | 07/1991 | 10/2008 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Krishna | F46 | Andromeda | F57 | 22/08/1995 | 24/05/2012 | Sunk as target | |||
Wellington | F69 | Bacchante | F69 | 1982 | 1999 | Sunk as artifical reef | |||
Southland | F104 | Dido | F104 | 18/07/1983 | 03/1995 | Struck | |||
Zulfiqar | F262 | Apollo | F70 | 31/08/1988 | 29/10/2006 | Sunk as target | |||
Shamsheer | F263 | Diomede | F16 | 07/1988 | 2006 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Presidente Eloy Alfaro (i) | FM01 | Almirante Condell | FF-06 | 18/04/2008 | - | Active | |||
Morán Valverde (i) | FM02 | Almirante Lynch | FF-07 | 04/07/2007 | - | Active |