HMS RHYL F129

Class…………………………… Rothesay – class Type 12 Frigate

Builder……………………….. H.M. Dockyard Portsmouth, Portsmouth

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Laid down..…………………. 29 Jan 1958

Launched….………………… 23 Apr 1959

Completed.…………………. 31 Oct 1960

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……………………………. Paid off 1982, sunk as target September 1985

 

HMS RHYL entering the Pool of London about to go alongside HMS PLYMOUTH in Oct 1961

 

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