HMS Falmouth (F113) |
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| Career (UK) | |
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| Name: | HMS Falmouth (F113) |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson |
| Laid down: | 23 November 1957 |
| Launched: | 15 December 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 25 July 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | July 1984 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1989 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Rothesay-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,800 tons |
| Length: | 370 ft |
| Beam: | 41 ft |
| Draught: | 17 ft 4 in |
| Propulsion: |
2 x Bacock & Wilcox boilers operating at 550lb sq. in, 850°F English Electric geared turbines, 2 shafts, 30000 shafts horsepower |
| Speed: | 30 knts |
| Complement: | 235 |
| Armament: |
2 x 4.5" Dual Purpose on a Mk VI Mounting 1 x 40mm on STAGG mounting 2 x Limbo Mortar Mk 10 Mountings |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 x Wasp Helicopter |
HMS Falmouth (F113) was a Rothesay or Type 12I class anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy.
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