HMS Malcolm (F88)
_in_1958.jpg) HMS Malcolm in January 1958 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Malcolm |
| Namesake: | Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, GCB and GCMG |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun |
| Laid down: | 1 February 1954 |
| Launched: | 18 October 1955 |
| Commissioned: | 12 December 1957 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F88 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1978 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Blackwood-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,180 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 1,456 tons |
| Length: | 310 ft 0 in (94.49 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two Babcock & Wilcox 550psi boilers were fitted with two English Electric steam turbines producing a total of 15000shp on one shaft |
| Speed: | 28 knots |
| Range: | 5,200 nmi (9,630 km) at 12 knots |
| Complement: | 140 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar: Type 978 navigation Sonar: Type 162 target classification Sonar: Type 170 attack Sonar: Type 174 search |
| Armament: | 3 × 40 mm Mk9 Bofors guns in single mountings 4 × 21" torpedo tubes in twin mountings 2 × Limbo Anti-submarine mortars |
HMS Malcolm was a Blackwood-class anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy, commissioned on 12 December 1957 and decommissioned in 1978. She the second and final Royal Navy ship to be bear the name Malcolm and was named after Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm.
The Cod Wars
Just after she was commissioned, a dispute started in the North Atlantic. Relations between the United Kingdom and Iceland deteriorated and there was concern that the Landhelgisgæsla (the Icelandic Coast Guard) might threaten British fishermen.
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Malcolm was part of a five-ship group that was deployed to Iceland for "fishery protection duties" in what became known as the Cod Wars. She operated out of Edinburgh during the first Cod War,[1] and from Rosyth after that.
In December 1970, Kevin McNamara MP raised concerns that Malcolm would not be replaced by another frigate after its return to home waters, stressing that Malcolm's medical support was essential to fishing operations off Iceland. The Ministry of Defence decided not to replace Malcolm immediately, probably because the situation had calmed somewhat (1970 was between the first and second Cod Wars). Responsibility for supporting the fishing fleet was henceforth the Department of Trade and Industry's.[2]
The dispute ended in 1976 in a face-saving treaty and victory for Iceland. Two years later, Malcolm was decommissioned. She was considered too small to act as a modern frigate and therefore unable to continue service into the 1980s.
Commanding officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 1966 | Lieutenant-Commander I G Riley RN[3] |
| 1968 | 1970 | Commander K A Lowe RN |
| 1971 | 1974 | |
| 1974 | 1974 | |
References
- ↑ http://www.stfaith.com/october03.htm The Parish Magazine of St. Faith, Havant with St. Nicholas, Langstone
- ↑ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1970/dec/18/fishing-fleet-icelandic-waters#S5CV0808P0-08309 Fishing Fleet, Icelandic Waters
- ↑ 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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