Salisbury class frigate
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 HMS Chichester |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Preceded by: | Leopard class frigate |
| Succeeded by: | Leander class frigate |
| Built: | 1952–1959 |
| In commission: | 1957–1985 |
| Planned: | 7 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Cancelled: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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, later Type 986 Type 277Q height finding radar, later Type 278 Type 974 navigation radar, later 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 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.5; Llandaff & Chichester 1 × Sea Cat GWS-20 SAM; Lincoln & Salisbury 1 × Squid A/S mortar |
The Type 61 Salisbury class were a class of British aircraft direction (or radar picket) frigates built for the Royal Navy. They were a follow on from the Type 41 Leopard class frigates, but with reduced armament to make way for more aircraft direction equipment.
Four ships of the class were built:
- HMS Salisbury (F32) built by HMD Devonport, laid down 1 January 1952 and launched 25 June 1953.
- HMS Chichester (F59) built by Fairfield, laid down 26 June 1953 and launched 21 April 1955.
- HMS Llandaff (F61) built by Hawthorn Leslie, laid down 27 August 1953 and launched 30 November 1955.
- HMS Lincoln (F99) built by Fairfield, laid down 1 June 1955 and launched 6 April 1959.
As single-role vessels they were replaced by the more adaptable Leander-class.
HMS Llandaff was sold to the Bangladesh Navy in 1976 as the Umar Farooq, and is currently in reserve. Three planned vessels, HMS Coventry, Exeter and Gloucester were canceled and re-ordered as Leanders.
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