| Laid down | 3rd November 1958 |
| Launched | 11th July 1960 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 13th February 1963 |
| Fate | Sold: 1984 to Indonesian Navy |
| Builders | J.I. Thornycroft, Woolston United Kingdom |
| Complement | 253 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 2300 tons std 2700 tons max |
| Dimensions | 360' x 42' 4" |
| Draught | 17' 6" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 2 x Vickers 4.5" (1 x 2) |
| Secondary guns | As built : 2 x 40mm (1 x 2) Refitted : 2 x 20mm (2 x 1) |
| Torpedo tubes | None |
| Other weapons | As built : ASW: 1 x Mk10 Limbo AS mortar Refitted : SAM: 8 x SeaCat (2 x 4) ASW: 1 x Mk10 Limbo AS mortar |
| Countermeasures | As built: N/A 1970: 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 | As built: Type 903 tracking Type 965 surveillance Type 293 tracking Type 978 navigation Type 262 fire control Refitted: Type 903 tracking Type 965 surveillance Type 993 tracking Type 978 navigation Type 262 fire control |
| Sonar | As built: Type 162 target classification Type 170 attack Type 177 attack Refitted: Type 162 target classification Type 170 attack Type 177 attack Type 199 VDS |
| ECM | N/A |
| Other | MRS3 director |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 1 x Babcock & Wilcox boiler 1 x Metrovick steam turbine 1 x Metrovick G6 gas turbine |
| Power output | 12500shp steam turbine 7500shp gas turbine |
| Speed | 28kts gas turbine 20kts steam turbine |
| Shafts | 1 |
| Range | 5300NM @ 12kts |
| Fuel | N/A |
Ghurka was fitted with a VDS in 1969. In 1982 she was given a rapid refit for the
Falklands war, and recommissioned on 17th July 1982. Due to the Argentinian surrender,
she saw no action.
Ghurka was decommissioned on 31st March 1984 at Portsmouth. On 16th October 1985, she
recommissioned in the Indonesian navy as the Wilhelmus Zakarias Yohannes.
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