HMS Llandaff (F61)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Llandaff.
HMS Llandaff was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after the district of Llandaff in Cardiff, Wales. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on the River Tyne, being laid down on 27 August 1953 and launched on 30 November 1955.
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HMS Llandaff, 14 May 1969 (IWM) | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Llandaff |
Namesake | Llandaff |
Ordered | 28 June 1951 |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Laid down | 27 August 1953 |
Launched | 30 November 1955 |
Commissioned | 11 April 1958 |
Identification | Pennant number F61 |
Fate | Transferred to the Bangladeshi Navy 10 December 1976 as BNS Umar Farooq |
Bangladesh | |
Name | BNS Umar Farooq |
Acquired | 1976 |
Commissioned | 10 December 1976 |
Identification | Pennant number F-16 |
Fate | Scrapped 2016 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Salisbury-class frigate |
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Length | |
Beam | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
Propulsion | 8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400 shp (9,200 kW), 2 shafts |
Speed | 24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h) |
Range | 7,500 nmi (8,600 mi; 13,900 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)[2] |
Complement | 207 |
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