HMS Salisbury (F32)
1957 Type 61 or Salisbury class frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Salisbury.
HMS Salisbury was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy. Completed in the late 1950s, Salisbury served through the 1960s and 1970s, participating in the Beira Patrol, blockading against Rhodesia and the confrontation with Iceland over fishing rights that was known as the Cod Wars. Salisbury became a harbour training ship in 1980, before being sunk as a target in 1985.
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Name | HMS Salisbury |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 23 January 1952 |
Launched | 25 June 1953 |
Completed | 27 February 1957 |
Identification | Pennant number F32 |
Fate | Sunk as a target 30 September 1985[1] |
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Class and type | Salisbury-class frigate |
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Length | 340 ft (100 m) o/a |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
Propulsion | 8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400 shp (9,200 kW), 2 shafts |
Speed | 24 kn (44 km/h) |
Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h) |
Complement | 235 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | UA3J |
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