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HMS Puma
1957 Type 41 or Leopard-class frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Puma (F34), was a Leopard-class anti-aircraft frigate of the Royal Navy, named after the puma (Puma concolor). Envisioned in late World War II, the class was designed to provide anti-aircraft escort to convoys and light fleet aircraft carriers and to act as light destroyers on detached duties.[1]
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Name | HMS Puma (F34) |
Ordered | 28 June 1951 |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd |
Laid down | 16 November 1953 |
Launched | 30 June 1954 |
Commissioned | 27 April 1957 |
Decommissioned | 1972 |
Fate | Scrapped 1976 |
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Class and type | Leopard-class frigate |
Length | 101 metres (331 ft) |
Beam | 10.6 metres (35 ft) |
Draught | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 2,200 miles (3,500 km) at 18 kts |
Complement | 200 (22 officers) |
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