Sea Weapons

Frigate (1952)

Tenacious (Type 16) class

HMS Tenacious (F44)

Preceded by:

Rapid (Type 15) (1951)

Related:

O/P-class (1941)
S/T/U/V/W-class (1943)

Succeeded by:

Blackwood (Type 14) (1955)

Datafile

ClassTenacious
TypeFrigate
Year1952
Crew170-180
Dimensions
Length103.5 m (pp)
109.2 m
Beam10.9 m
Draught4.2 m
Displacement
Empty1,793 t
Loaded2,593 t
Performance
Speed68 km/h
Range3,148 km @ 37 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines2 x Geared steam
40,000 hp
Parsons
Boilers2 x Admiralty
FuelOil
Armament
Main2 x 102-mm/45 (1 x 2)
QF 4"/45 Mk. XVI
-10° / +80°

Anti-Aircraft
Torpedo tubes4 x 533-mm (1 x 4)
Anti-SubSquid Mk. 4 (2 x 3)
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarType 293
Type 974
SonarType 170
Type 174P
Production
Builtn/a
Total12

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
O-class:
Tughril F261 Fairfield14/01/194109/10/194119571975Sold/Scrapped
Tippu Sultan F260 John Brown01/07/194031/03/194119601980Sold/Scrapped
Orwell F98 Thornycroft20/05/194002/04/1942195312/1959Sold/Scrapped
P-class:
Paladin F169 John Brown22/07/194011/06/194103/195406/1961Sold/Scrapped
Petard F56 Vickers-Armstrong26/12/193927/03/194105/195306/1962Sold/Scrapped
T-class:
Teazer F23 Cammell Laird20/10/194107/01/1943195609/1961Sold/Scrapped
Tenacious F44 Cammell Laird03/12/194124/03/194319541954Sold/Scrapped
Termagant F189 Denny25/11/194122/03/1943195308/1957Sold/Scrapped
Terpsichore F19 Denny25/11/194117/06/194319541960Sold/Scrapped
Tumult F121 John Brown16/11/194109/11/1942195412/1957Sold/Scrapped
Tuscan F156 Swan Hunter06/09/194128/05/194209/195309/1953Sold/Scrapped
Tyrian F67 Swan Hunter15/10/194127/07/1942195211/1956Sold/Scrapped
W-class:
Jan van Riebeeck D278 Fairfield24/10/194202/09/194319661978Sunk as target
Simon van der Stel D237 Hawthorn Leslie01/05/194203/06/194302/19641976Sold/Scrapped

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