HMS Keppel (F85)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Keppel.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Keppel |
| Namesake: | Augustus Keppel |
| Builder: | Yarrow, Scotstoun |
| Laid down: | 27 March 1953 |
| Launched: | 31 August 1954 |
| Commissioned: | 6 July 1956 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F85 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Blackwood-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,456 tons (1,479 tonnes) full load) |
| Length: | 310 ft (94 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Y-100 plant; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers, steam turbines on 1 shaft, 15,000 shp (11 MW) |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,200 nautical miles (9,630 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 112 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar Type 974 navigation Sonar Type 174 search |
| Armament: | 3 x 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7 (quarterdeck mount later removed) 2 x Limbo Mark 10 A/S mortars |
HMS Keppel was a Blackwood or Type 14 class second-rate anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy.
She was scrapped at Sittingbourne in 1979.
Commanding officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1962 | Lieutenant-Commander I G W Robertson RN |
| 1965 | 1966 | Lieutenant-Commander E V P Savill RN[1] |
| 1968 | 1970 | |
References
- ↑ Navy List, HMSO, 1966
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Marriot, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Ian Allen Ltd. ISBN 07110 1322 5
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