Salisbury 1957
Salisbury 1963
Salisbury 1968
Salisbury 1979
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Salisbury | F32 | Devonport DYd | 23.1.1952 | 25.6.1953 | 27.2.1957 | harbour TS 5.1980 | |
| Chichester | F59 | 771 | Fairfield, Govan | 26.6.1953 | 21.6.1955 | 16.5.1958 | BU 3.1981 |
| Llandaff | F61 | 726 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 27.8.1953 | 30.11.1955 | 11.4.1958 | to Bangladesh 12.1976 (উমার ফারুক [Umar Farooq]) |
| Lincoln | F99 | 772 | Fairfield, Govan | 1.6.1955 | 6.4.1959 | 7.7.1960 | BU 4.1983 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2170 |
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Displacement full, t |
2350 |
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Length, m |
100.6 pp 103.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
8 ASR1 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
14400 |
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Max speed, kts |
25 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 230 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
7500(16) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
type 278, type 275, type 277Q, type 960, type 982M, type 293Q, type 974 radars, type 170, type 174, type 162 sonars |
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Complement |
205 |
Project history: On the same hull as the Type 41, the Type 61 design sacrificed the after 114mm twin gun in favour of a much more comprehensive air warning radar outfit. The ships were thus a much more valuable addition to the fleet than the Leopard class, for with adequate radar coverage carrier aircraft provided much better defence against air attack than guns. This was recognized quite carry, and the Leopard class was stopped at four units whereas the Salisbury class was to have been expanded to eight units. Furthermore, the survivors had received a more comprehensive modernization.
Fourth ship, Lincoln, was completed later, with a big deckhouse aft to take a GWS20 director and a quadruple Seacat missile launcher (a single 40mm gun was mounted initially). Two more of the class, Exeter and Gloucester, were cancelled under the 1957 Defence Review and another (Coventry) was suspended. It was hoped to order her in 1961, but by then the more flexible Leander design was ready and so she was replaced by Penelope.
Modernizations: 1962, Salisbury: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, type 960 radar; + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, type 965 AKE-1 radar, UA-8/9 ECM suite
1964, Chichester; 1966, Llandaff; 1968, Lincoln: - type 960 radar; + type 965 AKE-1 radar, UA-8/9 ECM suite
1968, Lincoln: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL, type 293Q, type 974 radars; + 1 x 4 Seacat GWS 20 SAM (12 Seacat), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, type 993, type 978 radars, type 667 ECM suite
1970, Salisbury: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, type 293Q, type 974 radars; + 1 x 4 Seacat GWS 20 SAM (12 Seacat), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, type 993, type 978 radars, type 667 ECM suite
early 1970s, Chichester, Llandaff: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, type 974 radar; + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, type 978 radar
1973, Chichester: - type 965 AKE-1 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Llandaff 1977
Salisbury 1980
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015