| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Lincoln (F99) |
| Ordered: | 28 June 1951 |
| Builder: | Fairfields |
| Laid down: | 1 June 1955 |
| Launched: | 6 April 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 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 (4.72 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 |
HMS Lincoln (F99) was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the 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 named after the city of Lincoln in the East Midlands.
HMS Lincoln was well known in the fleet as being the only RN vessel with red-painted gunnels, a tradition dating back to 1693 when the first ship of that name claimed the right to mount her guns on 'Lincoln Scarlet' in memory of Robin Hood, who purportedly favoured the colour.
In October 1973 she took part in the Second Cod War under the command of Commander D Howard RN. and was substantially damaged in action whilst attempting to ram the Icelandic gunship Óðinn. Armed with a protruding girder fixed to the forecastle whilst protecting the British fishing fleet, she was set upon by three Icelandic vessels and forced to withdraw after taking several hits. She returned to Portsmouth for repairs but saw limited action thereafter.
In April 1974 HMS Lincoln was decommissioned at Chatham and placed in the reserve fleet. In 1976 Lincoln carried out a tour of duty in the Arctic Circle and also served as the guard ship in Gibraltar that year. She was finally mothballed in Chatham in December 1977.
She was due to be sold to the Bangladesh Navy in 1982, but the acquisition did not take place.
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