HMS Naiad (F39)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Naiad (F39)
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	30 October 1962
Launched	4 November 1963
Commissioned	17 March 1965 at Scotstoun
Decommissioned	April 1987
Fate	Sunk as a target, 1990
General characteristics
Class and type	Leander-class frigate
Displacement	2,500 tons (later 2,790 tons) standard 2,962 tons (later 3,300 tons) full load
Length	372 ft (113 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	14 ft 10 in (4.52 m)
Propulsion	2 Babcock & Wilcox oil-fired boilers, geared steam turbines delivering 22,370 kW (30,000 shp) to two shafts.
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h)
Range	7,400 km (4,600 miles) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	260
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 965 (air warning radar removed in batch 1 ships), Type 992 Q, Type 903, Type 974/978 Sonar Type 162,184,199, later type 2031 towed array sonar
Armament	Initial 2 x 4.5 inch guns (1 twin mounting Mk6) 1 x Seacat surface-to-air missile launcher 2 x 20mm guns (single mountings) 1 x ASW Limbo mortar As refitted (1973-5) 1 x Ikara Anti submarine missile launcher 2 x Seacat surface-to-air missile launchers 2 x 40mm guns - single mountings 2 x triple 324 mm (12.75) STWS-1 tubes for Mk 46 and Stingray ASW torpedoes 1 x Limbo ASW Mortar
Aircraft carried	One Westland Wasp ASW helicopter

HMS Naiad (F39) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the class, Naiad was named after a figure or figure of mythology, in this case, the Naiads of Greek mythology. Naiad was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun. She was launched on 4 November 1963 and commissioned on 15 March 1965.^[1]