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Guided Missile Frigate (1974)

Amazon (Type 21) class

HMS Arrow (F173)

Datafile


Class	Amazon
Type	Guided Missile Frigate
Year	1974
Crew	175-192
Dimensions
Length	109.7 m (pp) 117 m
Beam	12.7 m
Draught	5.8 m
Displacement
Empty	3,100 t
Loaded	3,600 t
Performance
Speed	56 km/h / 31 km/h
Range	7,408 km @ 31 km/h
Machinery
Shafts	2
Turbines	2 x Gas turbine 56,000 hp Rolls-Royce Olympus 2 x Gas turbine 8,500 hp Rolls Royce Tyne RM.1A
Fuel	Oil
Armament
Main	1 x 114-mm/55 (1 x 1) 4.5-in Mk. 8 -10° / +55°
Anti-Aircraft
AA Weapons	Seacat GWS.24 (1 x 4)
AS Weapons	Exocet MM.38 (4 x 1) [*]
Armor
Armor	None
Sensors
Radar	Type 912 Type 978 Type 992Q
Sonar	Type 162M Type 184M
Aircraft
Helicopters	1
Production
Built	8
Total	8

Registry

	Ship	Code	Builder	Laid	Launch	Comm	Decomm		Fate
	Amazon	F169	Vosper Thornycroft	06/11/1969	26/04/1971	11/05/1974	30/09/1993		Transferred
	Antelope †	F170	Vosper Thornycroft	23/03/1971	16/03/1972	19/07/1975	23/05/1982	†	Loss by aircraft
	Active	F171	Vosper Thornycroft	23/07/1971	23/11/1972	17/06/1977	23/09/1994		Transferred
	Ambuscade	F172	Yarrow	01/09/1971	18/01/1973	05/09/1975	28/07/1993		Transferred
	Arrow	F173	Yarrow	28/09/1972	05/02/1974	29/07/1976	01/03/1994		Transferred
	Alacrity	F174	Yarrow	05/03/1973	18/09/1974	02/07/1977	01/03/1994		Transferred
	Ardent †	F184	Yarrow	26/02/1974	09/05/1975	13/10/1977	21/05/1982	†	Loss by aircraft
	Avenger	F185	Yarrow	30/10/1974	20/11/1975	15/04/1978	23/09/1994		Transferred

Transfers:

	Ship	Code		Former	Code	Comm	Decomm		Fate
	Babur	F181		Amazon	F169	30/09/1993	14/12/2014		Inactive
	Tariq	F182		Ambuscade	F172	28/07/1993	06/08/2023		Inactive
	Khaibar	F183		Arrow	F173	01/03/1994	13/03/2022		Sunk as target
	Badr	F184		Alacrity	F174	01/03/1994	04/2013		Inactive
	Shah Jahan	F185		Active	F171	23/09/1994	12/01/2021		Sunk as target
	Tippu Sultan	F186		Avenger	F185	23/09/1994	27/04/2020		Sunk as target

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