Blackpool 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Blackpool | F77 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK | 20.12.1954 | 14.2.1957 | 14.8.1958 // 7.6.1966 | to United Kingdom 4.1971 (Blackpool) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
2150 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2560 |
|
Length, m |
109.7 pp 112.7 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
12.5 |
|
Draught, m |
3.90 max |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Yarrow geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
30000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
29 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 370 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASW mortars |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 275, type 993, type 974 or type 978 radars, type 166, type 170, type 174 sonars, UA-3 ECM suite |
|
Complement |
152 |
Project history: The Whitby class frigate Blackpool was lent by the RNZN for five years until HMNZS Canterbury was complete.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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