History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Leopard (F14) |
Namesake | Leopard |
Ordered | 21 August 1951 |
Builder | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth |
Laid down | 25 March 1953 |
Launched | 23 May 1955 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1958 |
Decommissioned | 12 December 1975 |
Fate | Scrapped 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leopard-class frigate |
Length | 101 metres (331 ft) |
Beam | 10.6 metres (35 ft) |
Draught | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
Propulsion | 8 × Admiralty Standard Range ASR1 diesels, 14,400 shp (10,738 kW), 2 shafts |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Range | 7,400 miles (11,900 km) at 18 kn |
Complement | 200 (22 officers) |
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HMS Leopard (F14), was a Leopard-class Type 41 anti aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after the leopard.