HMS SALISBURY F32

Class……………………………Salisbury class Frigate(Type 61 Aircraft direction frigate)

Builder………………………..Devonport Dockyard.

Yard number……………….

Laid down..………………….23 Jan 1952

Launched….…………………25 Jun 1953

Completed.………………….27 Feb 1957

Propulsion.…………………..2 shafts driven by 8-off ASR1 (Admiralty Standard Range 1) Diesel units (4 per shaft)

Speed..…………………………25 knots

Range…………………………..7500 nm at 16 knots

Fate…………………………….1985: Sunk as a target.

 

The recently commissioned HMS SALISBURY photographed in 1957 arriving at Devonport

 

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