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UMAR FAROOQ frigate (1958/1976)

Umar Farooq 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
উমার ফারুক [Umar Farooq] (ex-Llandaff) F16 726 Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, UK 27.8.1953 30.11.1955 11.4.1958 // 10.12.1976 stricken 12.2015

 

Displacement standard, t

2170

Displacement full, t

2350

Length, m

100.6 pp 103.6 oa

Breadth, m

12.2

Draught, m

3.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

8 16VVS ASR1 diesels

Power, h. p.

14400

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil 230

Endurance, nm(kts)

7500(16)

Armament

1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL

Electronic equipment

type 275, type 277Q, type 965AKE-2, type 993, type 978 radars, type 170B, type 174 sonars, UA-3 ECM suite

Complement

237

Project history: Former RN frigate of Salisbury class. Planned transfer of sister-ship Lincoln was cancelled.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Umar Farooq 2007

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