Sea Weapons

Frigate (1957)

Leopard (Type 41) class

HMS Puma (F34)

Preceded by:

Salisbury (Type 61) (1957)

Succeeded by:

Rothesay (Type 12M) (1960)

Datafile

ClassLeopard
TypeFrigate
Year1957
Crew205
Dimensions
Length100.6 m (pp)
103.6 m
Beam12.2 m
Draught3.6 m
Displacement
Empty2,300 t
Loaded2,520 t
Performance
Speed46 km/h
Range13,890 km @ 30 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines8 x Diesel engine
14,400 hp
ASR1
FuelOil: 230 t
Armament
Main4 x 114-mm/45 (2 x 2)
QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V
-15° / +80°

Anti-Aircraft2 x 40-mm (1 x 2)
QF Bofors L/60
Anti-SubSquid Mk. 3 (1 x 3)
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarType 262
Type 275
Type 960
Type 974
Type 978
Type 992Q
Type 993
SonarType 162
Type 170
Type 174
Production
Built4
Total4

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Leopard F14 Portsmouth DYd25/03/195323/05/195530/09/195812/12/1975Sold/Scrapped
Lynx F27 John Brown13/08/195312/01/195514/03/195712/03/1982Transferred
Puma F34 Scotts16/11/195330/06/195427/04/195706/1972Sold/Scrapped
Jaguar F37 Denny02/11/195320/07/195712/12/195906/07/1976Transferred
Panther ----Cancelled
Brahmaputra / Leopard:
Brahmaputra F34 John Brown20/10/195513/03/195731/03/19581986Sold/Scrapped
Beas F37 Vickers-Armstrong29/11/195609/10/195824/05/19601992Sold/Scrapped
Betwa F38 Vickers-Armstrong29/05/195715/09/195908/12/19601988Sold/Scrapped
Transfers:
Ship Code Former Code Comm Decomm Fate
Abu Bakr F27 Lynx F27 12/03/198222/01/2013Inactive
Ali Haider F37 Jaguar F37 06/07/197622/01/2013Inactive

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