F12 Achilles (Type 12M Leander Class Batch 3)




Laid down 1st December 1967
Launched 21st November 1968
Completed N/A
Commissioned 9th July 1970
Fate Decommissioned:
January 1990
Builders Yarrow, Scotstoun
United Kingdom
Complement 251
Dimensions
Displacement 2450 tons std
2860 tons max
Dimensions 372' x 43'
Draught 18'
Armament
Main guns 2 x Vickers 4.5" in Mk6 turret (1 x 2)
Secondary guns 2 x 40mm (2 x 1)
Torpedo tubes None
Other weapons As built:
ASW:
1 x Mk10 Limbo AS mortar
SAM:
4 x GWS22 SeaCat (1 x 4)

Refitted:
ASW:
1 x Mk10 Limbo AS mortar
SAM:
4 x GWS22 SeaCat (1 x 4)
Guns:
1 x 20mm GAM-B01
Countermeasures Type 182 towed decoy
Corvus decoy launchers
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft 1 x Westland Wasp
Flightdeck N/A
Hangar N/A
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar Type 903 tracking
Type 965 surveillance
Type 993 tracking
Type 978 navigation
Sonar Type 177 attack
Type 170B attack
Type 162 bottomed target
ECM N/A
Other MRS3 director
GWS22 SeaCat fire control
Machinery
Engines 2 x Babcock & Wilcox 550psi boilers
2 x English Electric steam turbines
Power output 30000shp
Speed 30kts
Shafts 2
Range 5300NM @ 12kts
Fuel 460 tons oil

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