HMS Lincoln (F99)
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| Name: | HMS Lincoln (F99) |
| Builder: | Fairfields |
| Laid down: | 1 June 1955 |
| Launched: | 6 April 1959 |
| Completed: | 7 July 1960 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1983 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Salisbury class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,170 tons standard 2,400 tons full load |
| Length: | 340 ft (100 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400 shp, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 24 kn (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 235 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Type 960 air search radar, later Type 965 AKE-2 Type 293Q target indication radar, later Type 993n Type 982 aircraft direction radar, laterType 986 Type 277Q height finding radar, later Type 278 Type 974 navigation radarlater Type 978 Type 285 fire control radar on director Mark 6M Type 262 fire control on STAAG mount Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF Type 174 search sonar Type 170 attack sonar |
| Armament: | 1 × twin 4.5 in gun Mark 6 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun STAAG Mark 2, later 1 × Sea Cat GWS-20 SAM 1 × Squid A/S mortar |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Lincoln.
HMS Lincoln (F99) was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy.
She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan on the River Clyde. The ship was laid down in 1955, launched 6 April 1959, and completed 7 July 1960.
She was due to be sold to the Bangladesh Navy in 1982, but the acquisition did not take place.
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