(ex-HMS) LOWESTOFT F103

(ex-HMS) LOWESTOFT F103

Class……………………………Type 12 - Rothesay

Builder………………………..Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Govan

Yard number……………….666

Laid down..………………….9 June 1958

Launched….…………………23 June 1960

Completed.………………….26 Sept 1961

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

Speed..…………………………30 knots

Range…………………………..4500 nm at 12 knots

Fate

•29 March 1985: Paid off at Portsmouth and Decommissioned

•8 June 1986: Sunk as a target for weapons test by Tigerfish torpedo from HMS CONQUEROR

 

(ex-HMS) LOWESTOFT sinking after being used as a target for Tigerfish torpedo fired by HMS CONQUEROR (image from Marconi Leaflet

 

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