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Type 61 Salisbury Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
F59 Chichester	F	26th June 1953	21st April 1955	16th May 1958
F99 Lincoln	F	1st June 1955	6th April 1959	7th July 1960
F61 Llandaff	H	27th August 1953	30th November 1955	11th April 1958
F32 Salisbury	D	23rd January 1952	25th June 1953	27th February 1957

Builders:
D : HM Dockyard, Devonport, United Kingdom
F : Fairfield Shipbuilding, Govan, United Kingdom
H : Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, United Kingdom

Dimensions:
340' x 40' x 15' 6" / 103.63m x 12.19m x 4.75m

Displacement:
2170 tons std / 2400 tons max

Complement:
207

Armament:
Lincoln:-
2 x 4.5" guns in a single Mk IV twin mounting
1 x 40mm gun
1 x Squid AS mortar

All other ships:-
2 x 4.5" guns in a single Mk IV twin mounting
2 x 40mm guns in a single STAAG mounting
1 x Squid AS mortar

Aircraft Facilities:
None fitted.

Armour:
None known.

Powerplant:
Eight ASR1 diesels providing a total of 12400shp on two shafts.

Maximum speed was 24kts and the maximum fuel load was 230 tons diesel.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
Type 277Q air/surface search
Type 268 navigation
Type 293Q target designator
Type 960 air search
Type 982 aircraft direction

Sonar:
Type 170 hull mounted
Type 174 hull mounted

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: