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Description
A Leander class [Exocet conversion] Frigate Built 1967 by Hawthorn Leslie. Displacement 2,860tons Dimensions 113m x 12m x 5m. Speed 27 knots. Complement 230.
Armament 4 Exocet missiles, 3 Sea Cat Missile systems, 2 x 40 mm guns, 6 torpedo tubes, 1 Lynx helicopters. Refitted with towed array sonar, two Sea cat systems removed and 40mm replaced by 20mm. Photograph undated.
Location
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