Sea Weapons

Frigate (1957)

Salisbury (Type 61) class

HMS Lincoln (F99)

Preceded by:

Whitby (Type 12) (1956)

Succeeded by:

Leopard (Type 41) (1957)

Datafile

ClassSalisbury
TypeFrigate
Year1957
Crew207
Dimensions
Length100.6 m (pp)
103.6 m
Beam12.2 m
Draught3.6 m
Displacement
Empty2,170 t
Loaded2,350 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
Main2 x 114-mm/45 (1 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 275
Type 277
Type 293
Type 960
Type 974
Type 982
SonarType 162
Type 170
Type 174
Production
Built4
Total4

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Salisbury F32 Devonport DYd23/01/195225/06/195327/02/195705/1980Sunk as target
Chichester F59 Fairfield26/06/195321/06/195516/05/19581973Sold/Scrapped
Llandaff F61 Hawthorn Leslie27/08/195330/11/195511/04/195810/12/1978Transferred
Lincoln F99 Fairfield01/06/195506/04/195907/07/19601981Sold/Scrapped
Coventry Vickers-Armstrong----Cancelled
Exeter ----Cancelled
Gloucester ----Cancelled
Transfers:
Ship Code Former Code Comm Decomm Fate
Umar Farooq F61 (Unnamed) 10/12/1978-Active

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