HMS Brighton (F106)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Brighton |
| Builder: | Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Laid down: | 23 July 1957 |
| Launched: | 30 October 1959 |
| Commissioned: | October 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | 1981 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F106 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 16 September 1985 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Rothesay-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,800 tons |
| Length: | 370 ft |
| Beam: | 41 ft |
| Draught: | 17 ft 4 in |
| Propulsion: |
2 x Babcock & 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 Brighton was a Rothesay or Type 12I class anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy. With the rest of her class, HMS Brighton was rebuilt with more modern radar and fire control, and facilities for a Wasp helicopter for long range, anti submarine engagement. HMS Brighton was the penultimate conversion, her reconstruction between 1970 and 1972 was a success, but being late in the schedule, she did not receive futhur updating, and was offered for sale to friendly nations, as a result of the 1981 Nott Defence Review, paid off in November 1981, the first of her class to be disposed of.
Brighton attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the 6th Frigate Squadron.[1]
Commanding Officers
| 1963 | 1966 | Commander A J Cooke RN |
| 1966 | 1966 | Commander P M Stanford RN |
| 1967 | 1969 | Commander L.A.Bird RN |
| 1977 | 1977 | Commander P Bell RN |
| 1978 | 1979 | Commander J J R Tod RN |
| 1980 | 1981 | Commander T G Maltby RN |
References
- ↑ Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, HMSO
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.
- Marriott, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Ian Allen Ltd. ISBN 07110 1322 5
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