HMS Jaguar (F37)

HMS Jaguar in 1963
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Jaguar
Ordered	28 June 1951
Builder	William Denny & Brothers
Laid down	2 November 1953
Launched	20 July 1957
Commissioned	12 December 1959
Identification	F37
Fate	Sold to Bangladesh 1978
General characteristics
Class and type	Leopard-class frigate
Length	101 m (331 ft 4 in)
Beam	10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Eight ASR1 V16 Diesels, feeding two gearboxes with Vulcan Sinclair Couplings to 2 shafts. Crossley?
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Range	2,200 nmi (4,074 km; 2,532 mi) at 18 kn
Complement	200 (22 (app.) officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar System: Surface: 293/993 Air & Surface: 965 Navigation: 974/978 Fire control: 275 Echo Type 3 (Hull mounted)
Armament	2 × twin Mark 6 4.5 in (114 mm) guns 1 × Squid A/S mortar

HMS Jaguar (F37), was a Leopard-class Type 41 anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after the jaguar. Jaguar was the last frigate built by William Denny & Brothers for the Royal Navy. Unlike the rest of her class, she was fitted with controllable pitch propellers.^[1]