HMS Phoebe (F42)

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HMS Phoebe in 1990
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Phoebe
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons
Laid down	25 July 1963
Launched	19 December 1964
Commissioned	15 May 1966
Decommissioned	14 February 1991
Identification	Pennant number: F42
Fate	Sold for scrap 1992
General characteristics
Class and type	Leander-class frigate
Displacement	3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load
Length	113.4 m (372 ft 1 in)
Beam	12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h)
Range	4,600 nmi (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	223
Armament	As built: 1 × twin 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns 1 × quadruple Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile launchers 1 × Limbo anti-submarine mortar From 1977: 4 × Exocet anti-ship missile launchers 2 × quadruple Seacat anti-aircraft missile launchers 2 × single 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wasp helicopter From 1978: 1 × Lynx helicopter

HMS Phoebe (F42) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was, like the rest of her class, named after a figure of mythology. Built by Alexander Stephen and Sons on the River Clyde, she was launched on 19 December 1964 and commissioned on 15 May 1966.