HMS Hardy (F54)

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HMS Hardy (F54), 14 July 1969 (IWM HU 129855)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hardy
Namesake	Thomas Masterman Hardy
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	4 February 1953
Launched	25 November 1953
Acquired	8 December 1955
Commissioned	15 December 1955
Identification	Pennant number: F54
Fate	Sunk as target 3 July 1984
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

HMS Hardy was an anti-submarine warfare frigate of the Blackwood class or Type 14. She was named after Thomas Masterman Hardy, Captain of HMS Victory at Trafalgar. Hardy was the first Type 14 frigate built, completed on 8 December 1955, by Yarrow Shipbuilders.