HMS Exmouth (F84)

	HMS Exmouth
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Exmouth
Namesake	Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Builder	JS White and Co Ltd
Laid down	24 March 1954
Launched	16 November 1955
Acquired	December 1957
Commissioned	20 December 1957
Identification	Pennant number: F84
Fate	Broken up in 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Blackwood-class frigate
Displacement	1,456 tons (1,479 tonnes) full load
Length	310 ft (94 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Y-100 plant; 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; steam turbines on single shaft; 15,000 shp (11 MW);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h)
Range	5,200 nautical miles (9,630 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	112
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar Type 974 navigation; Sonar Type 174 search; Sonar Type 162 target classification; Sonar Type 170 targeting;
Armament	3 × 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7 (quarterdeck mount later removed); 2 × Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortars;

History
HMS Exmouth
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Exmouth
Namesake	Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Builder	JS White and Co Ltd
Laid down	24 March 1954
Launched	16 November 1955
Acquired	December 1957
Commissioned	20 December 1957
Identification	Pennant number: F84
Fate	Broken up in 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Blackwood-class frigate
Displacement	1,456 tons (1,479 tonnes) full load
Length	310 ft (94 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Y-100 plant 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers steam turbines on single shaft 15,000 shp (11 MW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h)
Range	5,200 nautical miles (9,630 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	112
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 974 navigation Sonar Type 174 search Sonar Type 162 target classification Sonar Type 170 targeting
Armament	3 × 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7 (quarterdeck mount later removed) 2 × Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortars