F124 Zulu (Type 81 Tribal Class)




Laid down 13th December 1960
Launched 3rd July 1962
Completed N/A
Commissioned 17th April 1964
Fate Sold:
1984 to Indonesian Navy
Builders Alex Stephens & Sons, Govan
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 2 x 20mm (1 x 2)
Torpedo tubes None
Other weapons 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

Zulu was refitted at Chatham to take part in the Falklands war, but saw no action. She decommissioned at Portsmouth on 31st March 1984. On 2nd May 1985, she recommissioned in the Indonesian navy as the Martha Kristina Tiyahahu.

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