Specifications
Displacement:
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3,600 tons full load
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Dimensions:
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117.0 x 12.7 x 5.8 meters (384 x 41.75
x 19 feet)
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Propulsion:
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2 shaft, COGOG;
2 - Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B boost gas turbines, 56,000 shp, 30 knots;
2 - Rolls Royce Tyne RM1A cruise gas turbines, 8,500 shp, 17 knots;
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Crew:
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192
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Aviation
Helicopters:
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Deck and hangar for 1 light helicopter
(1 Lynx)
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Surface Action
Guns:
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1 - 4"/55 Mk.8 Vickers single
mount
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Missile:
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4 - MM38 Exocet SSM (except AMAZON and
ANTELOPE)
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Radar:
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Type 992Q surface / low-level air
search
Type 978 navigation
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Air Defence
Guns:
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1 - 4"/55 Mk.8 Vickers single
mount
2 - 20mm single mounts
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Missiles:
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1 Seacat GWS24 quad launcher
SAM
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Radar:
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Type 992Q surface / low-level air
search
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Fire Control:
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Type 912 tracker for Seacat (Italian
RTN-10X)
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Undersea Warfare
Armament:
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2 - STWS-1 triple torpedo launchers
with Mk.44 and Mk.46 torpedoes (later Stingray)
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Sonar:
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Type 184M medium range
search
Type 162M bottom search
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Electronic
Warfare
Attack:
ESM:
ComInt:
Ships:
Name
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Pendant
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Completed
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Comments
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Fate
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AMAZON
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F 169
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1974
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Suffered fire, 1977.
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Sold, Pakistani BABUR.
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ANTELOPE
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F 170
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1975
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Sank after explosion from un-exploded
bomb, during defuzing operation.
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Sunk 1982.
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ACTIVE
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F 171
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1977
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Sold, Pakistani SHAHJAHAN.
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AMBUSCADE
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F 172
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1975
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Sold, Pakistani TARIQ.
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ARROW
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F 173
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1976
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Sold, Pakistani KHAIBAR.
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ALACRITY
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F 174
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1977
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Sold, Pakistani BADR.
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ARDENT
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F 184
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1977
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Sank shortly after air attack
by unguided rockets.
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Sunk, 1982.
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AVENGER
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F 185
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1978
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Sold, Pakistani TIPPU SULTAN.
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Photos:
(click on thumbnail for bigger image)
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A broadside
view of HMS ALACRITY. M.D. Thomas photo. |
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The
landing deck and quarterdeck of ALACRITY. Note the Seacat launcher atop the
hangar, just with the aft fire control radar in the immediate background.
M.D. Thomas photo.
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A view
of the aft port quarter of AMAZON. Note the SATCOM domes on either side of
the funnel, and the Type 992Q radar antenna at the very top of the main mast,
with the smaller Type 978 antenna beneath it. M.D. Thomas photo.
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A view
of AMAZON's forward port quarter. Note the absence of Exocet launchers on
the platform before the bridge; AMAZON and ANTELOPE did not receive Exocet
in RN service. M.D. Thomas photo.
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An aft port
quarter view of AMBUSCADE. M.D. Thomas photo.
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A good bow-on view of ANTELOPE.
Again, note the absence of Exocet. M.D. Thomas photo.
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ANTELOPE. M.D. Thomas
photo.
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The bridge of ANTELOPE. Port
and starboard 8-barrelled chaff launchers are installed immediately before
the bridge, in place of the Exocet that later members of the class received.
M.D. Thomas photo.
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Midships on ANTELOPE. Again, note
the aft Type 912 fire control radar immedaitely aft of the funnel, and the
Seacat launcher at the aft end of the hangar (shown here covered). M.D.
Thomas photo.
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The foc'st'le of ARDENT. From
left to right, the Vicker's 4"/55 Mk.8 gun, MM38 Exocet anti-shipping missiles,
bridge, and at the extreme right of the photo is the forward Type 912 fire
control radar. M.D. Thomas photo.
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ARROW. M.D. Thomas photo.
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From left to right, AMAZON,
AVENGER, and ALACRITY. M.D. Thomas photo.
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