Londonderry 1960
Rothesay 1963
Rothesay 1979
Rothesay 1980
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Rothesay | F107 | 2120 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 6.11.1956 | 9.12.1957 | 23.4.1960 | BU 11.1988 |
| Londonderry | F108 | 1995 | White, Cowes | 15.11.1956 | 20.5.1958 | 18.10.1961 | trials ship 11.1975 |
| Brighton | F106 | 2139 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 23.7.1957 | 30.10.1959 | 28.9.1961 | BU 9.1985 |
| Falmouth | F113 | 1887 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 23.11.1957 | 15.12.1959 | 25.7.1961 | harbour TS 1984 |
| Yarmouth | F101 | 710 | John Brown, Clydebank | 29.11.1957 | 23.3.1959 | 26.3.1960 | sunk as target 21.6.1987 |
| Rhyl | F129 | Portsmouth DYd | 29.1.1958 | 23.4.1959 | 31.3.1960 | sunk as target 8.1985 | |
| Lowestoft | F103 | 666 | Stephen, Govan | 9.6.1958 | 23.6.1960 | 26.9.1961 | sunk as target 8.6.1986 |
| Berwick | F115 | 1590 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 16.6.1958 | 15.12.1959 | 1.6.1961 | sunk as target 8.1986 |
| Plymouth | F126 | Devonport DYd | 1.7.1958 | 20.7.1959 | 11.5.1961 | preserved 4.1988 | |
| Weymouth | 1591 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 10.4.1959 | --- | --- | cancelled 1960 | |
| Fowey | 1285 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 19.10.1959 | --- | --- | cancelled 1960 | |
| Hastings | 2155 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 2.12.1959 | --- | --- | cancelled 1960 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2150 |
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Displacement full, t |
2560 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 112.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
3.90 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets ASR geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
29 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 370 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
F101, 107, 129: 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL F103, 106, 108, 113, 115, 126: 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
F101, 107, 129: type 275, type 277Q, type 293Q radars, type 170, type 174/177, type 162M sonars, UA-3 ECM suite F103, 106, 108, 113, 115, 126: type 277Q, type 293Q, type 903 radars, type 170, type 174/177, type 162M sonars, UA-3 ECM suite |
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Complement |
200 - 235 |
Project history: These were repeals of the Whitby design, ordered under the 1954-55 Programme, but 'tidied up' internally. The raked runnel fitted in Torquay was incorporated during construction, but there were few other external differences. The twelve TT were removed and only the early ships carried the STAAG 40mm mounting. In its place was put a large deckhouse to carry a Seacat GWS20 missile system, but for some yean all ships carried a single 40mm Before gun
The last three hulls were cancelled and completed to the Leander design, the success of which prompted a major modernization of the Rothesays.
The first Hastings became the RNZN ship Otago in February 1957, another ordered Hastings was completed later as a Leander.
Modernizations: early 1960s, Yarmouth, Rothesay, Rhyl: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, type 275 radar; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, type 903 radar
1968, Rothesay, Yarmouth; 1969, Plymouth, Londonderry; 1970, Lowestoft, Falmouth; 1971, Berwick; 1972, Brighton, Rhyl: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 277Q, type 293Q radars; + 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS20 SAM (12 Sea Cat), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 helicopter (Wasp), type 978, type 994 radars, 2x Corvus decoy RL
1981, Lowestoft: + type 2031I sonar (temporarily for tests)
Naval service: No significant events.
Rothesay 1981
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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