Leander Class Frigates: Leander Class Frigate, Warship, HMS Jupiter, HMS Scylla, HMS Euryalus, HMS Argonaut, HMS Dido, HMS Penelope

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 20. Chapters: Leander class frigate, Warship, HMS Jupiter, HMS Scylla, HMS Euryalus, HMS Argonaut, HMS Dido, HMS Penelope, HMS Achilles, HMS Apollo, HMS Danae, HMS Ariadne, HMS Leander, HMS Andromeda, HMS Minerva, HMS Diomede, HMS Bacchante, HMS Naiad, HMS Phoebe, HMS Ajax, HMS Galatea, HMS Sirius, HMS Charybdis, HMS Hermione, HMS Arethusa, HMS Aurora, HMS Juno, Chilean frigate Almirante Lynch, HMS Cleopatra, HMNZS Waikato. Excerpt: The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973. It had an unusually high public profile, due to the popular and acclaimed Warship BBC television drama series. The Leander design or derivatives of it were built for other navies: On 7 March 1960, the Civil Lord of the Admiralty C. Ian Orr-Ewing stated that the Type 12 Whitby class anti-submarine frigates are proving particularly successful... and we have decided to exploit their good qualities in an improved and more versatile ship. This improved Type 12 will be known as the Leander class. The hull and steam turbine machinery will be substantially the same as for the Whitbys. The main new features planned are a long-range air warning radar, the Seacat anti-aircraft guided missile, improved anti-submarine detection equipment and a light-weight helicopter armed with homing torpedoes. We shall also introduce air conditioning and better living conditions. The 1963 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships described it a mainly anti-submarine but flexible and all purpose type. The Leander class have the same hull and substantially the same steam turbine machinery as the Whitby class, but are a revised and advanced design and will fulfil a composite anti-submarine, anti-aircraft and...