HMS FALMOUTH F113

HMS FALMOUTH F113

Class…………………………… Rothesay- class Frigate

Builder……………………….. Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend

Yard number………………. 1887

Laid down..…………………. 23 Nov 1957

Launched….………………… 15 Dec 1959

Completed.…………………. 28 Jul 1961

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

Speed..………………………… 30.0 knots (max)

Range………………………….. 4500 nm at 12 knots

Fate

Nov 1984: Decommissioned

1989: Scrapped – Broken up at El Ferrol, Spain

 

HMS FALMOUTH circa 1962

 

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