F56 Argonaut (Type 12M Leander Class Batch 2)




Laid down 27th November 1964
Launched 8th February 1966
Completed N/A
Commissioned 17th August 1967
Fate Decommissioned:
31st March 1993
Builders Hawthorne Leslie, Tyne
United Kingdom
Complement As built:
251
Refitted:
257
Dimensions
Displacement As built:
2450 tons std
2860 tons max
Refitted:
2650 tons std
3200 tons max
Dimensions 372' x 41'
Draught 18'
Armament
Main guns As built:
2 x Vickers 4.5" in Mk6 turret (1 x 2)
Refitted:
2 x 40mm (2 x 1)
Secondary guns As built:
2 x 40mm (2 x 1)
Refitted:
None
Torpedo tubes As built:
None
Refitted:
6 x 12.75" STWS-1 tubes (2 x 3)
Other weapons As built:
ASW:
1 x Mk10 Limbo AS mortar
SAM:
4 x GWS22 SeaCat (1 x 4)

Refitted:
SSM:
4 x MM38 Exocet (4 x 1)
SAM:
12 x GWS22 SeaCat (3 x 4)
Countermeasures Type 182 towed decoy
Corvus decoy launchers
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft As built:
1 x Westland Wasp
Refitted:
1 x Westland Lynx HAS2
Flightdeck N/A
Hangar N/A
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar As built:
Type 903 tracking
Type 965 surveillance
Type 993 tracking
Type 978 navigation
Refitted:
Type 903 tracking
Type 993 tracking
Type 978 navigation
Sonar Type 177 attack
Type 170B attack
Type 162 bottomed target
ECM N/A
Other As built:
MRS3 director
Refitted:
GWS50 Exocet fire control
GWS22 SeaCat fire control
Cossor 1010 IFF interrogator
SCOT communications
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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