HMS Falmouth (F113)
HMS Falmouth
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Falmouth |
| Namesake: | Falmouth |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson |
| Laid down: | 23 November 1957 |
| Launched: | 15 December 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 25 July 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | July 1984 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F113 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1989 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Rothesay-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,800 tons |
| Length: | 370 ft |
| Beam: | 41 ft |
| Draught: | 17 ft 4 in |
| Propulsion: |
2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers English Electric geared turbines, 2 shafts, 30000 shafts horsepower |
| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 235 |
| Armament: |
1 × twin 4.5" (114 mm) dual-purpose guns 1 × twin 40 mm on STAAG mounting 2 x Limbo Mortar Mk 10 Mountings 12 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
1 × twin 4.5" (114 mm) dual-purpose guns 1 × twin 40 mm on STAAG mounting 2 x Limbo Mortar Mk 10 Mountings
HMS Falmouth was a Rothesay-class or "Improved Type 12" anti-submarine frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1950s. She took part in the Cod War in 1976, ramming one of the Icelandic gunboats.
Falmouth displaced 2,150 long tons (2,180 t) at normal load and 2,560 long tons (2,600 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 370 feet (112.8 m), a beam of 41 feet (12.5 m) and a draught of 17 feet (5.2 m) at deep load. She was powered by a pair of geared steam turbines, each driving one shaft, which developed a total of 30,000 shaft horsepower (22,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by a pair of Babcock & Wilcox boilers. Falmouth had a range of 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). The ship's complement was 200–35 officers and ratings.
The ship mounted a pair of 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mk 6 guns in a single twin-gun turret forward. Her secondary armament consisted of a twin-gun STAAG mount for the Bofors 40-millimetre (2 in) anti-aircraft gun aft. Falmouth mounted two triple-barrelled mounts for the Limbo anti-submarine mortar. The ship carried eight fixed torpedo tubes and two twin-tube rotating mounts for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes. The Rothesay-class ships were equipped with a Type 170 sonar for the Limbo as well as a general-purpose Type 174 sonar. They were fitted with a Type 293Q target-indication radar and a Type 277Q surface-search radar.
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