Sea Weapons

Guided Missile Frigate (1963)

Leander (Type 12I) class

HMS Cleopatra (F28)

Preceded by:

Tribal (Type 81) (1961)

Succeeded by:

Amazon (Type 21) (1974)

Datafile

ClassLeander (1)Leander (2)Leander (BB)
TypeFrigateGuided Missile FrigateGuided Missile Frigate
Year196319681966
Crew251-263251-263251-263
Dimensions
Length109.7 m (pp)
113.4 m
109.7 m (pp)
113.4 m
109.7 m (pp)
113.4 m
Beam12.5 m13.1 m13.1 m
Draught5.5 m5.5 m5.5 m
Displacement
Empty2,350 t2,350 t2,500-2,790 t
Loaded2,860 t2,860 t2,962-3,300 t
Performance
Speed52 km/h52 km/h52 km/h
Range7,408 km @ 28 km/h
7,408 km @ 28 km/h
7,408 km @ 28 km/h
Machinery
Shafts222
Turbines2 x Geared steam
30,000 hp
White-English Electric
Y-100

2 x Geared steam
30,000 hp
White-English Electric
Y-136

2 x Geared steam
30,000 hp
White-English Electric
Y-136

Boilers2 x Babcock & Wilcox2 x Babcock & Wilcox2 x Babcock & Wilcox
FuelOil: 460 tOil: 460 tOil: 460 t
Armament
Main2 x 114-mm/45 (1 x 2)
QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V
-15° / +80°

2 x 114-mm/45 (1 x 2)
QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V
-15° / +80°

2 x 114-mm/45 (1 x 2)
QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V
-15° / +80°

Anti-SubLimbo Mk. 10 (1 x 3)
Limbo Mk. 10 (1 x 3)
Limbo Mk. 10 (1 x 3)
AA Weapons-Seacat GWS.22 (1 x 4)
Seacat GWS.22 (1 x 4)
Armor
ArmorNoneNoneNone
Sensors
RadarType 903
Type 965 (AKE-1)
Type 974/978
Type 992Q
Type 903
Type 965 (AKE-1)
Type 974/978
Type 992Q
Type 903
Type 965 (AKE-1)
Type 974/978
Type 992Q
SonarType 162
Type 184
Type 199
Type 162
Type 184
Type 199
Type 162
Type 184
Type 199
Aircraft
Helicopters111
Production
Built10713
Total26

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Leander (1):
Leander F109 Harland & Wolff10/04/195928/06/196127/03/196301/09/1988Sunk as target
Ajax F114 Cammell Laird19/10/195916/08/196211/12/196331/05/1985Sold/Scrapped
Dido F104 Yarrow02/12/195922/12/196118/09/196318/07/1983Transferred
Penelope F127 Vickers-Armstrong14/03/196117/08/196201/11/19631991Transferred
Aurora F10 John Brown01/06/196128/11/196209/04/196401/05/1987Sold/Scrapped
Euryalus F15 Scotts02/11/196106/06/196316/09/196405/1989Sold/Scrapped
Galatea F18 Swan Hunter29/12/196123/05/196325/04/196408/1986Sunk as target
Arethusa F38 White17/09/196205/11/196329/09/196504/04/1989Sunk as target
Naiad F39 Yarrow30/10/196204/11/196315/03/196501/05/1987Sunk as target
Waikato F55 Harland & Wolff10/01/196418/02/196516/09/19661998Sunk as artifical reef
Leander (2):
Phoebe F42 Stephen03/06/196308/07/196415/04/196631/12/1990Sold/Scrapped
Cleopatra F28 Devonport DYd19/06/196325/03/196401/03/196601/06/1992Sold/Scrapped
Minerva F45 Vickers-Armstrong27/07/196319/12/196413/05/196630/04/1992Sold/Scrapped
Sirius F40 Portsmouth DYd09/08/196322/09/196415/06/196627/02/1993Sunk as target
Juno F52 Thornycroft16/07/196424/11/196518/07/196704/11/1992Sold/Scrapped
Argonaut F56 Hawthorn Leslie27/11/196408/02/196617/08/196731/03/1993Sold/Scrapped
Danae F47 Devonport DYd16/01/196521/10/196510/10/196707/1991Transferred
Leander (BB):
Hermione F58 Stephen10/12/196526/04/196711/07/196930/06/1992Sold/Scrapped
Andromeda F57 Portsmouth DYd25/05/196624/05/196704/07/196806/1993Transferred
Jupiter F60 Yarrow03/10/196604/09/196713/08/196922/08/1992Sold/Scrapped
Bacchante F69 Vickers-Armstrong25/10/196629/02/196805/12/19691982Transferred
Charybdis F75 Harland & Wolff27/01/196728/02/196806/06/196930/09/1991Sunk as target
Scylla F71 Devonport DYd17/05/196708/08/196814/02/197027/03/1990Sunk as artifical reef
Achilles F12 Yarrow27/10/196721/11/196809/06/197027/03/1990Transferred
Diomede F16 Yarrow30/01/196815/04/196902/04/197131/05/1988Transferred
Apollo F70 Yarrow21/11/196915/10/197028/05/197231/08/1988Transferred
Ariadne F72 Yarrow01/05/197010/09/197110/02/197330/12/1992Transferred
Canterbury F148 Yarrow12/04/196906/05/197022/10/197121/03/2005Sunk as artifical reef
Condell (Leander) (BB):
Almirante Condell FF-06 Yarrow05/06/197112/06/197221/12/197318/04/2008Transferred
Almirante Lynch FF-07 Yarrow06/12/197106/12/197225/05/197404/07/2007Transferred
Transfers:
Ship Code Former Code Comm Decomm Fate
Ministro Zenteno FF-08 Achilles F12 27/03/199008/2006Scuttled inactive
General Baquedano FF-09 Ariadne F72 30/12/199212/1998Sunk as target
Presidente Eloy Alfaro FM01 Penelope F127 199119/03/2008Struck
Morán Valverde FM02 Danae F47 07/199110/2008Sold/Scrapped
Krishna F46 Andromeda F57 22/08/199524/05/2012Sunk as target
Wellington F69 Bacchante F69 19821999Sunk as artifical reef
Southland F104 Dido F104 18/07/198303/1995Struck
Zulfiqar F262 Apollo F70 31/08/198829/10/2006Sunk as target
Shamsheer F263 Diomede F16 07/19882006Sold/Scrapped
Presidente Eloy Alfaro (i) FM01 Almirante Condell FF-06 18/04/2008-Active
Morán Valverde (i) FM02 Almirante Lynch FF-07 04/07/2007-Active

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