HMS Phoebe (F42)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Phoebe.
HMS Phoebe (F42) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was, like the rest of her class, named after a figure of mythology. Built by Alexander Stephen and Sons on the River Clyde, she was launched on 19 December 1964 and commissioned on 15 May 1966.
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Name | HMS Phoebe |
Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons |
Laid down | 25 July 1963 |
Launched | 19 December 1964 |
Commissioned | 15 May 1966 |
Decommissioned | 14 February 1991 |
Identification | Pennant number: F42 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 1992 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leander-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load |
Length | 113.4 m (372 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
Range | 4,600 nmi (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 223 |
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