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Seawolf Leander class

1980    

Leander class
Frigate
ships

Specifications Login to Edit    

   
6Missile Launcher Sea Wolf
1Naval Radar air search radar Type 967
1Naval Radar surface search radar Type 968
1Naval Radar fire direction radar Type 910



Shipyards Login to Edit    

   
Alexander Stephen - Linthouse, Clydeside
BAE Systems (Yarrow) - Scotstoun, Glasgow
Harland & Wolff - Belfast, Northern Ireland
HMD Devonport - Devonport, Plymouth
HMD Portsmouth - Portsmouth, Hampshire


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Royal NavyF57HMS AndromedaGSXU - AM19681993
Royal NavyF58HMS HermioneGRYN - HM19691992
Royal NavyF60HMS JupiterGSYA - JP19691992
Royal NavyF75HMS CharybdisGWRA - CY19691991
Royal NavyF71HMS ScyllaGXDE - SC19701993

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1965-dec-6Laid down F58 HMS Hermione     laid down and launched at Alexander Stephen
1966-may-25Laid down F57 HMS Andromeda    
1966-oct-3Laid down F60 HMS Jupiter    
1967-jan-27Laid down F75 HMS Charybdis    
1967-apr-26Launched F58 HMS Hermione     completed at Yarrow
1967-may-17Laid down F71 HMS Scylla    
1967-may-24Launched F57 HMS Andromeda    
1967-sep-4Launched F60 HMS Jupiter    
1968-feb-28Launched F75 HMS Charybdis    
1968-aug-8Launched F71 HMS Scylla    
1968-dec-2Commissioned F57 HMS Andromeda    
1969-jun-2Commissioned F75 HMS Charybdis    
1969-jul-11Commissioned F58 HMS Hermione    
1969-aug-9Commissioned F60 HMS Jupiter    
1970 F75 HMS Charybdis     Despatched as representative ships carrying Prince Charles to the Fiji Independence Celebrations
1970Deployment F58 HMS Hermione     Beira Patrol off Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions.
1970-feb-12Commissioned F71 HMS Scylla    
1970-apr-17Deployment F58 HMS Hermione     Apollo XIII splashdown recovery to waters south of Rio de Janeiro as standby for tertiary splashdown site for Apollo XIII recovery
1970-apr-21Deployment F60 HMS Jupiter     to Trinidad, following local riots
1972-jan-20Deployment F71 HMS Scylla     whilst operating off Ascension Island, lost Wasp XS534/432 when it ditched and sank.
1974-julDeployment F57 HMS Andromeda     Partition of Cyprus part of Task Force escort to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency
1975-feb-6Deployment F75 HMS Charybdis     Separation of Cypriot states Ordered from exercises off Lisbon to Cyprus to support the UN Peace Keeping Force and British interests, until 14 Feb.
1975-sepRefit F58 HMS Hermione     into refit, completing Jun 1976
1977-jun-25Deployment F58 HMS Hermione     Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (as Captain 5F), off Browndown
1977-jun-25Deployment F57 HMS Andromeda     Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (as Captain 6F), off Browndown
1977-jun-25Deployment F75 HMS Charybdis     Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (6th Frigate Squadron), off Lee anchorage
1977-jun-25Deployment F60 HMS Jupiter     Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (Captain 7F), off Gosport
1977-jun-25Deployment F71 HMS Scylla     Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (Captain 8F), off Browndown
1978-marRefit F57 HMS Andromeda     Seawolf conversion commenced, completed end of 1980
1979-junRefit F75 HMS Charybdis     Seawolf conversion commenced, completed mid 1982
1979-sepDeployment F60 HMS Jupiter     to Nov 1979, patrolling off Belize
1980-janRefit F58 HMS Hermione     Seawolf conversion commenced, completed Autumn 1983
1980-janRefit F60 HMS Jupiter     Seawolf conversion commenced, completed mid 1983
1980-novRefit F71 HMS Scylla     Seawolf conversion commenced, completed end 1984
1982-may-10Deployment F57 HMS Andromeda     Operation Corporate Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic, as part of Bristol Group. Left theatre 22 Aug 1982.
1983 F57 HMS Andromeda     Spent latter part of the year on deployment in the Indian Ocean region operating alongside HMNZS Waikato
1984-jun-13Port Visit F60 HMS Jupiter     Nudged a bridge, whilst in the Pool of London
1984-octAircraft F71 HMS Scylla     assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 ZD256/432-SC until c May 1988
1986-jan-17Deployment F60 HMS Jupiter     Operation Balsac diverted to Aden for Operation Balsac
1990-sepDeployment F60 HMS Jupiter     Armilla Patrol Along with HMS Battleaxe and HMS York, were relieved by HMS Gloucester, HMS Cardiff and HMS Gloucester (as part of TG 321.1).
1990-sepAircraft F58 HMS Hermione     assigned 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 ZD257/475-HM until c Jun 1991
1991-sep-30Decommissioned F75 HMS Charybdis    
1992Decommissioned F58 HMS Hermione    
1992-jun-30Decommissioned F60 HMS Jupiter    
1993Decommissioned F71 HMS Scylla    
1993-junDecommissioned F57 HMS Andromeda    
1993-jun-11Fate: sunk F75 HMS Charybdis     expended as Fleet target
1995Fate: transfered F57 HMS Andromeda     to India as INS Krishna
1997-sepFate: transfered F60 HMS Jupiter     sold for scrap
1998Fate: scrapped F60 HMS Jupiter     scrapped at Alang, India
1998-mayFate: scrapped F58 HMS Hermione     scrapped in India
2004-mar-27Fate: sunk F71 HMS Scylla     sunk as artificial reef Whitsand Bay




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