| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Swan Hunter |
| Operators: | |
| Built: | 1968–1974 |
| In commission: | 1970– |
| Completed: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 16,160 tonnes[1] 6,692 metric tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: | 461 ft (140.5 m) |
| Beam: | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA 4 diesls 1 × shaft Bow thruster 15,360 hp (11.5 MW) |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Range: | 15,000 miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 3,000 m³ of fuel |
| Complement: | 16 officers 31 ratings |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Sperry Marine Visionmaster radars and ECDIS. 1690 I band navigation radars |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
2 × Corvus and 2 × Plessey Shield decoy launchers Graseby Type 182 towed torpedo decoy |
| Armament: | 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | Helicopter deck but no hangar |
