HMS Malcolm (F88)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Malcolm.

History
HMS Malcolm in January 1958
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 & 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 15,000 shp (11 MW) on one shaft
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h)
Range:	5,200 nmi (9,630 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
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 in (533 mm) 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.

Ensign of the Landhelgisgæsla

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

↑ "The Parish Magazine of St. Faith, Havant with St. Nicholas, Langstone". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
↑ "Fishing Fleet, Icelandic Waters". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 808. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 18 December 1970. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ 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.
Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983. Ian Allen Ltd. ISBN 07110 1322 5.

Blackwood-class frigates

Royal Navy	Dundas Hardy Grafton Keppel Pellew Russell Murray Blackwood Malcolm Exmouth Palliser Duncan

Indian Navy	Khukri Kirpan Kuthar

Preceded by: Type 16 frigates Followed by: Whitby class

List of frigates of the Royal Navy List of frigates of the Indian Navy

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