HMS Palliser (F94)

HMS Palliser, 1956 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Palliser
Namesake	Hugh Palliser
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons
Laid down	15 March 1955
Launched	10 May 1956
Commissioned	13 December 1957
Identification	Pennant number: F94
Fate	Broken up 1983
General characteristics
Class and type	Blackwood-class frigate (Type 14 frigate)
Displacement	1,456 long tons (1,479 t) full load
Length	310 ft (94.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	15 ft (4.6 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 15,000 shp (11 MW)
Propulsion	1 shaft; 1 steam turbine set
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	140
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 guns 2 × Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortars 2 × twin 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Palliser (F94) was one of a dozen Blackwood class frigates (also known as the Type 14-class) of second-rate anti-submarine frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s. She was named for Hugh Palliser, who served during the Seven Years' War and was First Naval Lord during the American War of Independence