Preceded by:
Leopard (Type 41) (1957)Succeeded by:
Tribal (Type 81) (1961) | |
| Class | Rothesay |
| Type | Frigate |
| Year | 1960 |
| Crew | 200-235 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 109.7 m (pp) 112.7 m |
| Beam | 12.5 m |
| Draught | 3.9 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 2,150 t |
| Loaded | 2,560 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 54 km/h |
| Range | 8,334 km @ 22 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 30,000 hp Yarrow |
| Boilers | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox |
| Fuel | Oil: 370 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 2 x 114-mm/45 (1 x 2) QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V -15° / +80° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 2 x 40-mm (1 x 2) QF Bofors L/60 [1] 2 x 40-mm (1 x 2) QF Bofors L/60 [2] |
| Anti-Sub | Limbo Mk. 10 (2 x 3) |
| Armor | |
| Armor | None |
| Sensors | |
| Radar | Type 262/903 Type 293 Type 975 Type 977 Type 978 Type 994 |
| Sonar | Type 162 Type 170 Type 174/177 |
| Production | |
| Built | 9 |
| Total | 14 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Rothesay | F107 | Yarrow | 06/11/1956 | 09/12/1957 | 23/04/1960 | 13/03/1988 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Londonderry | F108 | White | 15/11/1956 | 20/05/1958 | 18/10/1961 | 29/03/1984 | Sunk as target | |
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Brighton | F106 | Yarrow | 23/07/1957 | 30/10/1959 | 28/09/1961 | 1981 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Falmouth | F113 | Swan Hunter | 23/11/1957 | 15/12/1959 | 25/07/1961 | 07/1984 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Yarmouth | F101 | John Brown | 29/11/1957 | 23/03/1959 | 26/03/1960 | 30/04/1986 | Sunk as target | |
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Rhyl | F129 | Portsmouth DYd | 29/01/1958 | 23/04/1959 | 31/03/1960 | 1983 | Sunk as target | |
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Lowestoft | F103 | Stephen | 09/06/1958 | 23/06/1960 | 26/09/1961 | 1985 | Sunk as target | |
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Berwick | F115 | Harland & Wolff | 16/06/1958 | 15/12/1959 | 01/06/1961 | 1985 | Sunk as target | |
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Plymouth | F126 | Devonport DYd | 01/07/1958 | 20/07/1959 | 11/05/1961 | 28/04/1988 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Weymouth | Harland & Wolff | 10/04/1959 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
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Fowey | Cammell Laird | 19/10/1959 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
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Hastings | Yarrow | 02/12/1959 | - | - | - | Cancelled | ||
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Otago | F111 | Thornycroft | 05/09/1957 | 11/12/1958 | 22/06/1960 | 07/11/1983 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Taranki | F148 | White | 27/06/1958 | 19/08/1959 | 28/03/1961 | 02/07/1982 | Sold/Scrapped | |
| President / Rothesay: | |||||||||
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President Kruger † | F145 | Yarrow | 06/04/1960 | 21/10/1960 | 01/10/1962 | 18/02/1982 | † | Loss in collision |
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President Pretorius | F147 | Yarrow | 21/11/1960 | 28/09/1962 | 04/03/1964 | 1985 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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President Steyn | F150 | A. Stephens | 20/05/1960 | 23/11/1961 | 26/04/1963 | 08/1980 | Sold/Scrapped | |
