HMS LEANDER + HMS RAME HEAD

HMS LEANDER F109

Class……………………………Leander-class Frigate

Builder………………………..Harland and Wolff, Belfast

Yard number……………….1591

Laid down..………………….10 April 1959

Launched….…………………28 June 1961

Completed.………………….27 March 1963

Propulsion.…………………..2-shafts driven by English Electric Y100 Geared Steam Turbines with steam supplied by 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers.

Speed..…………………………28 knots

Range…………………………..4000 nm at 15 knots

Fate On 31 July 1986 Leander was placed in Reserve, becoming part of the Standby Squadron. A potential sale to Chile did not occur, possibly due to Australia prohibiting the sale of the Ikara ASW missile to non-Commonwealth nations. In April 1987, Leander was decommissioned. Her career came to an end in 1989, when during a naval exercise, she was sunk by a Sea Dart missile, three Exocets and one gravity bomb.

 

HMS RAME HEAD

Class……………………………Mercantile Conversion : Based on Victory Class vessels

Builder………………………..North Vancouver Ship Repair , Vancouver

Yard number……………….

Laid down..………………….12 July 1944

Launched….…………………22 November 1944

Completed.………………….18 August 1945

Propulsion.…………………..1 shaft : Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engine: 2 Foster Wheeler water tube boilers.

Speed..…………………………11 knots

Range…………………………..11400 nm at 11 knots

Fate 25 February 2009: Left Portsmouth under tow for Belgium for breaking up by Van Heyghen Recycling.

 

HMS LEANDER F109 + HMS RAME HEAD seen at Portsmouth on 23 May 1989 laid up

 

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