HMS Eastbourne (F73)

	HMS Eastbourne in May 1969
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Eastbourne
Ordered	6 March 1951
Builder	Vickers Armstrongs, Newcastle-on-Tyne (completed at Barrow)
Laid down	13 January 1954
Launched	29 December 1955
Commissioned	9 January 1958
Decommissioned	1984
Reclassified	Training ship in 1971
Identification	Pennant number: F73
Fate	Sold for scrapping in 1985
General characteristics
Class and type	Whitby-class frigate
Displacement	2,150 tons (2,185 tonnes); 2,560 tons full load (2,600 tonnes);
Length	360 ft (109.7 m) w/l; 370 ft (112.8 m) o/a;
Beam	41 ft (12.5 m)
Draught	17 ft (5.18 m)
Propulsion	Y-100 plant; 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 English Electric steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp (22 MW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	370 tons oil fuel, 4,200 nmi (7,780 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	152, later 225
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication.; Radar Type 277Q height finding (later removed); Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mark 6M; Radar Type 262 fire control on STAAG; Radar Type 974 navigation; Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF; Sonar Type 174 search; Sonar Type 162 target classification; Sonar Type 170 attack;
Armament	1 × twin 4.5 in (114 mm) gun Mark 6; 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 2 STAAG, later;; 1 × single 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7; 2 × Limbo A/S mortar Mark 10; 12 × 21 in A/S torpedo tubes (removed or never shipped);

History
HMS Eastbourne in May 1969
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Eastbourne
Ordered	6 March 1951
Builder	Vickers Armstrongs, Newcastle-on-Tyne (completed at Barrow)
Laid down	13 January 1954
Launched	29 December 1955
Commissioned	9 January 1958
Decommissioned	1984
Reclassified	Training ship in 1971
Identification	Pennant number: F73
Fate	Sold for scrapping in 1985
General characteristics
Class and type	Whitby-class frigate
Displacement	2,150 tons (2,185 tonnes) 2,560 tons full load (2,600 tonnes)
Length	360 ft (109.7 m) w/l 370 ft (112.8 m) o/a
Beam	41 ft (12.5 m)
Draught	17 ft (5.18 m)
Propulsion	Y-100 plant; 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 English Electric steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp (22 MW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	370 tons oil fuel, 4,200 nmi (7,780 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	152, later 225
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication. Radar Type 277Q height finding (later removed) Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mark 6M Radar Type 262 fire control on STAAG Radar Type 974 navigation Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF Sonar Type 174 search Sonar Type 162 target classification Sonar Type 170 attack
Armament	1 × twin 4.5 in (114 mm) gun Mark 6 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 2 STAAG, later; 1 × single 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7 2 × Limbo A/S mortar Mark 10 12 × 21 in A/S torpedo tubes (removed or never shipped)