The Leander-class, or Type 12I frigates (Type 12 improved), comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. Reply to Meirion X .

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1 year ago. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973. This led to the class being a well loved and capable class of warship. i was very lucky to spend two & a half yrs on a leander class frigate in the late 70s,hms penelope f127 at the time we were a trials ship for the"seawolf "missle system,& i also run the hms penelope face book page which we have nearly 100 members Reply. I very much think that a frigate based on the Iver Hutsveldt design would fulfill the AAW role. Aug 18, 2018 - Explore matthewd665's board "Leander class frigates" on Pinterest. It had an unusually high public profile, due to the popular BBC television drama series Warship. Is this really the right color for this?

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. It had an unusually high public profile, due to the popular and acclaimed Warship BBC television drama series.. f Report. The Leander class, or Type 12/ 12i frigates, comprised of twenty-six vessels, they are among one of the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. 225 posts. Paws4thot . As discussed in “ Leander Class Frigates, A History of their Design and Development 1958-90, by Osborne & Snowdon ” HMS Leander, which entered service in 1963, was the first of twenty-six completed for the Royal navy during the subsequent 10-years. Tomek22 .

For my Falklands War collection I line to build a Leander Class frigate.

1542 posts. The Leander frigate design, which is only 117 metres in length, is Too much like a glorified OPV! SLeander Class frigate 1:600.

The main deck is suggested in brick red. The UK needs credible frigates to fill the air defence and anti-ship warfare role, which the Royal Navy lacks, with only 6 destroyers. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973. I'm not sure about Leanders that late, but the BBC show "Warship" filmed aboard actual ships, mostly HMS Phoebe. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973 and featured many changes and different weapons fittings.

See more ideas about Royal navy, Navy day and Navy ships. The Leander Class Frigates were the most numerous class of ships the Royal Navy has had since WW2, there being a total of 26 accepted into service between 1962 and 1972.

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