Preceded by:
Blackwood (Type 14) (1955)Succeeded by:
Salisbury (Type 61) (1957) | |
| Class | Whitby |
| Type | Frigate |
| Year | 1956 |
| Crew | 152-231 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 109.7 m (pp) 112.7 m |
| Beam | 12.5 m |
| Draught | 3.9 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 2,150 t |
| Loaded | 2,560 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 54 km/h |
| Range | 8,334 km @ 22 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 30,000 hp Yarrow |
| Boilers | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox |
| Fuel | Oil: 370 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 2 x 114-mm/45 (1 x 2) QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V -15° / +80° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 2 x 40-mm (1 x 2) QF Bofors L/60 |
| Torpedo tubes | 4 x 533-mm (2 x 2) 8 x 533-mm (8 x 1) |
| Armor | |
| Armor | None |
| Sensors | |
| Radar | Type 275 Type 262 Type 277 Type 974/978 |
| Sonar | Type 162 Type 170 Type 174/177 |
| Production | |
| Built | 6 |
| Total | 6 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
|
Blackpool | F77 | Harland & Wolff | 20/12/1954 | 14/02/1957 | 14/08/1958 | 07/06/1966 | Transferred | |
|
Eastbourne | F73 | Vickers-Armstrong | 13/01/1954 | 29/12/1955 | 09/01/1958 | 03/1984 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Scarborough | F63 | Vickers-Armstrong | 11/09/1953 | 04/04/1955 | 10/05/1957 | 1972 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Tenby | F65 | Cammell Laird | 23/06/1953 | 04/10/1955 | 18/12/1957 | 08/12/1972 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Torquay | F43 | Harland & Wolff | 11/03/1953 | 01/07/1954 | 10/05/1956 | 23/03/1985 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Whitby | F36 | Cammell Laird | 30/09/1952 | 02/07/1954 | 10/07/1956 | 1974 | Sold/Scrapped | |
 |
Talwar | F40 | Cammell Laird | 07/06/1957 | 18/07/1958 | 26/04/1959 | 1992 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Trishul | F43 | Harland & Wolff | 19/02/1957 | 18/06/1958 | 13/01/1960 | 1996 | Sold/Scrapped |
| Ship | Code | Former | Code | Comm | Decomm | Fate | |||
 |
Blackpool | F77 | |
Blackpool | F77 | 07/06/1966 | 1971 | Returned |
