Preceded by:
Bay (1945)Succeeded by:
Tenacious (Type 16) (1952)Class | Rapid |
Type | Frigate |
Year | 1951 |
Crew | 195 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 103.5 m (pp) 109.2 m |
Beam | 10.9 m |
Draught | 4.2 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 2,240 t |
Loaded | 2,850 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 68 km/h |
Range | 5,556 km @ 37 km/h |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 2 |
Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Parsons |
Boilers | 2 x Admiralty |
Fuel | Oil: 476 t |
Armament | |
Main | 2 x 102-mm/45 (1 x 2) QF 4"/45 Mk. XVI -10° / +80° |
Anti-Aircraft | |
Torpedo tubes | 2 x 533-mm (2 x 1) [-] |
Anti-Sub | Squid Mk. 4 (2 x 3) |
Armor | |
Armor | None |
Sensors | |
Radar | Type 262 Type 278 Type 293 |
Sonar | Type 170 Type 174 |
Production | |
Built | n/a |
Total | 30 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Quadrant | F01 | Hawthorn Leslie | 24/09/1940 | 28/02/1942 | 16/07/1953 | 16/08/1957 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Queenborough | F02 | Swan Hunter | 06/11/1940 | 16/01/1942 | 07/12/1954 | 07/04/1972 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Quiberon | F03 | White | 31/01/1941 | 31/01/1942 | 18/12/1957 | 26/06/1964 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Quickmatch | F04 | White | 06/02/1941 | 11/04/1942 | 23/09/1955 | 26/04/1963 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Rapid | F138 | Cammell Laird | 16/06/1941 | 16/07/1942 | 06/1951 | 1965 | Sunk as target | ||
Relentless | F185 | John Brown | 20/06/1941 | 15/07/1942 | 07/1951 | 1968 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Rocket | F193 | Scotts | 14/03/1941 | 28/10/1942 | 05/1951 | 11/05/1962 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Roebuck | F195 | Scotts | 19/06/1941 | 10/12/1942 | 05/1953 | 1962 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Troubridge | F09 | John Brown | 10/11/1941 | 23/09/1942 | 1957 | 27/03/1969 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Grenville | F197 | Swan Hunter | 01/11/1941 | 12/10/1942 | 1954 | 1969 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Ulster | F83 | Swan Hunter | 12/11/1941 | 09/11/1942 | 1956 | 1967 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Ulysses | F17 | Cammell Laird | 14/03/1942 | 22/04/1943 | 1953 | 12/1960 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Undaunted | F53 | Cammell Laird | 08/09/1942 | 19/07/1943 | 23/07/1954 | 03/1973 | Sunk as target | ||
Undine | F141 | Thornycroft | 18/03/1942 | 01/06/1943 | 1954 | 1960 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Urania | F08 | Vickers-Armstrong | 18/06/1942 | 19/05/1943 | 1955 | 1958 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Urchin | F196 | Vickers-Armstrong | 28/03/1942 | 08/03/1943 | 1954 | 1964 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Ursa | F200 | Thornycroft | 02/05/1942 | 22/07/1943 | 1955 | 28/11/1966 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Algonquin | DDE-224 | John Brown | 08/10/1942 | 02/09/1943 | 1956 | 01/04/1970 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Venus | F50 | ff-rapid-_1 | 12/01/1942 | 23/02/1943 | 1952 | 1955 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Verulam | F29 | Fairfield | 26/01/1942 | 22/04/1943 | 1952 | 1954 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Vigilant | F93 | Swan Hunter | 31/01/1942 | 22/12/1942 | 1951 | 27/10/1954 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Virago | F76 | Swan Hunter | 16/02/1942 | 04/02/1943 | 1953 | 1963 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Volage | F41 | White | 31/12/1942 | 15/12/1943 | 1954 | 1956 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Wakeful | F159 | Fairfield | 03/06/1942 | 30/06/1943 | 1953 | 1957 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Whirlwind | F187 | Hawthorn Leslie | 31/07/1942 | 30/08/1943 | 28/07/1953 | 1966 | Sunk as target | ||
Wizard | F42 | Vickers-Armstrong | 14/07/1942 | 29/09/1943 | 1954 | 1964 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Wrangler | F157 | Vickers-Armstrong | 23/09/1942 | 30/12/1943 | 1953 | 26/11/1956 | Transferred | ||
Zest | F102 | Thornycroft | 21/07/1942 | 14/10/1943 | 1958 | 07/1968 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Crescent | DDE-226 | John Brown | 16/08/1943 | 20/07/1944 | 1956 | 01/04/1970 | Sold/Scrapped |
Ship | Code | Former | Code | Comm | Decomm | Fate | |||
Vrystaat | F157 | Wrangler | F157 | 26/11/1956 | 04/1976 | Sunk as target |