HMS Llandaff (F61)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Llandaff (F61) |
| Ordered: | 28 June 1951 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
| Laid down: | 27 August 1953 |
| Launched: | 30 November 1955 |
| Commissioned: | 11 April 1958 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Bangladeshi Navy 10 December 1976 as the Umar Farooq |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Salisbury-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,170 tons standard 2,400 tons full load |
| Length: | 340 ft (103.6 m) o/a 330 ft (100.6 m) pp[2] |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Propulsion: | 8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400 shp, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,500 nmi (8,600 mi; 13,900 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)[2] |
| Complement: | 207 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | [2][3] Type 960 air search radar, later Type 965 AKE-2 Type 293Q target indication radar, later Type 993 Type 982 aircraft direction radar 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 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.5 1 × Squid A/S mortar |
HMS Llandaff (F61) was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after the district of Llandaff in Cardiff, Wales. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on the River Tyne, being laid down on 27 August 1953 and launched on 30 November 1955.[4]
Royal Navy service
Llandaff broke away from her moorings in a storm on 1 March 1956 and was damaged by collisions with the cruiser HMS Bermuda, the frigate HMS Russell and a merchant ship before she could be brought under control.[5] Despite this damage, she completed on 11 April 1958,[4] when she was the first ship to be trained by the newly established Flag Officer Sea Training organisation at Portland.[6]
She re-commissioned for the 5th time at Singapore in 1967 and completed the commission on return to Devonport in 1970.[7]
Bangladesh Navy service
Llandaff transferred to the Bangladeshi Navy at Royal Albert Dock, London 10 December 1976 as the BNS Umar Farooq. She is still in active service as of March 2014. Umar Farooq was converted into a training ship where officers under-training and sailors get sea time. During her long refit, a female officers' gunroom and heads were installed so that female officers under-training can also be accommodated. In the Bangladesh Navy she undertook flag-showing and training visits abroad, notable among them the goodwill visit to India, Pakistan and Maldives in 1989, participation in the Korean International Fleet Review in 1998 and the 2014 search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. With three other frigates she forms the 7th Frigate Squadron and is stationed in Chittagong, Bangladesh.[8]
Commanding officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 1966 | Commander C M Marr RN |
| 1967 | 1970 | Commander W H Stewart RN |
| 1970 | 1972 | |
| 1972 | 1976 | Captain George Oxley RN |
References
- ↑ Marriott 1983, p. 51.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, pp. 516–517.
- ↑ Marriott 1983, pp. 47, 50.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Marriott 1983, p. 50.
- ↑ Critchley 1986, p. 52.
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.hmsllandaff.co.uk/index1.htm
- ↑ Deccan Chronicle, Bangladesh Navy ship docks in city, 19 December 2010
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.
- Critchley, Mike (1986). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-1322-5.
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