HMS Scarborough (F63)
Appearance
![]() HMS Scarborough, February 1960
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Name | HMS Scarborough |
Ordered | 6 March 1951 |
Builder | Vickers Armstrongs, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Laid down | 11 September 1953 |
Launched | 4 April 1955 |
Commissioned | 10 May 1957 |
Decommissioned | 1972 |
Identification | Pennant number: F63 |
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Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
Draught | 17 ft (5.18 m) |
Propulsion | Y-100 plant; 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 English Electric steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp (22 MW) |
Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
Range | 370 tons oil fuel, 4,200 nmi (7,780 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 152, later 225 |
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HMS Scarborough was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. She was named after the town of Scarborough in the county of North Yorkshire.
Operational Service
On commissioning in May 1957, Scarborough joined the 5th Frigate Squadron,[1] and was the leader of the squadron in March 1959 when she took part in "Navy Days" in Portsmouth.[2] Between 1959 and 1961 she was commanded by Józef Bartosik and between 1961 and 1962 by P W Buchanan.
She underwent an extended refit at Portsmouth from December 1962 to February 1964.[1] From April 1964 she served as part of the Dartmouth Training Squadron with sister ships Eastbourne, Tenby and Torquay.[3]
References
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Critchley, Mike (1992). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.
- Marriott, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Ian Allan Ltd, Surrey.