Type 16 frigate
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| Type 16 |  |
|---|---|
| General characteristics (particulars for T class conversion) |
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| Displacement: | 1,800 tons standard / 2,300 tons full load |
| Length: | 362.75 ft o/a |
| Beam: | 37.75 ft |
| Draught: | 14.5 ft |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Admiralty three-drum boilers, steam turbines, 2 shafts, 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 32 knots full load |
| Complement: | 175 |
| Armament: | 1 x twin 4 in gun Mark 19 1 x twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.5 |
| Radar: | Type 293Q target indication,
Type 974 navigation |
| Sonar: | Type 146B search Type 147 depth finder |
The Type 16 frigates were a class of British anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy. They were based on the hulls of World War II-era destroyers that had been rendered obsolete by rapid advances in technology. They were similar in concept to the Type 15 frigate, but were a far more limited and useful design rendered necessary by budget constraints.
[edit] Ships
10 ships were converted, between 1949 and 1954.
| Name | Pennant | Converted by | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| O and P-class conversion | |||
| Orwell | F98 | Royal Dockyard, Rosyth, 1952 | Broken up, 1965 |
| Paladin | F169 | Royal Dockyard, Rosyth, 1954 | Broken up, 1962 |
| Petard | F56 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | Broken up, 1967 |
| T-class conversion | |||
| Teazer | F23 | Mountstart Dry Docks, Cardiff, 1953-1954 | Broken up, 1965 |
| Tenacious | F44 | Royal Dockyard, Rosyth, 1951-1952 | Broken up, 1965 |
| Termagant | F189 | Grayson Rollo, Birkenhead, 1952-1953 | Broken up, 1965 |
| Terpsichore | F19 | J. I. Thornycroft, Woolston, Hampshire, 1953-1954 | Broken up, 1966 |
| Tumult | F121 | Grayson Rollo, Birkenhead, 1949-1950 | Broken up, 1965 |
| Tuscan | F156 | Mountstart Dry Docks, Cardiff, 1949-1950 | Broken up, 1966 |
| Tyrian | F67 | Harland & Wolff, Liverpool & Gordon Klison, Birkenhead, 1951-1953 |
Broken up, 1965 |
Ex-O class destroyers of the Pakistan Navy Onslow / Tippu Sultan and Onslaught / Tughril were returned to the UK between 1957 and 1959 to be converted along the lines of the Type 16 frigate.
[edit] See also
- War Emergency Programme destroyers: The destroyer building programme that the Type 16 frigates were converted from
- Type 15 frigate a more extensive conversion of destroyer hulls than the Type 16
[edit] Bibliography
- "Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983" Leo Marriot, Ian Allan, 1983, ISBN 0-7110-1322-5
| Type 16 frigate |
| Orwell | Paladin | Petard | Teazer | Tenacious | Termagant | Terpsichore | Tumult | Tuscan | Tyrian |
List of frigates of the Royal Navy |
