HMS Puma

HMS Puma (F34) at night in Kiel harbour, Germany
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Puma (F34)
Ordered	28 June 1951
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd
Laid down	16 November 1953
Launched	30 June 1954
Commissioned	27 April 1957
Decommissioned	1972
Fate	Scrapped 1976
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	2 × type 12 E 390V diesels; 14,400 hp (m) (10.6MW) sustained 2 shafts
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	2,200 miles (3,500 km) at 18 kts
Complement	200 (22 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar System: Surface/Air search: Type 960 Air search: Type 965 AKE-1 Type 293/993 target indication radar Navigation: Type 974 /978 Fire control: Type 275 on director Mark 6M Sonar system: Type 174 search sonar Type 164 attack sonar
Armament	2 × twin 4.5 in guns Mark 6 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun STAAG Mark 2 (Removed) 1 × single 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 9 (Replacement for the STAGG) 1 × Squid A/S mortar

HMS Puma (F34), was a Leopard-class anti-aircraft frigate of the Royal Navy, named after the puma (Puma concolor). Envisioned in late World War II, the class was designed to provide anti-aircraft escort to convoys and light fleet aircraft carriers and to act as light destroyers on detached duties.^[1]