HMS Salisbury (F32)

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HMS Salisbury in 1976
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Salisbury
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	23 January 1952
Launched	25 June 1953
Completed	27 February 1957
Identification	Pennant number F32
Fate	Sunk as a target 30 September 1985[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Salisbury-class frigate
Displacement	2,170 tons standard 2,400 tons full load
Length	340 ft (100 m) o/a
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draught	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Propulsion	8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400 shp (9,200 kW), 2 shafts
Speed	24 kn (44 km/h)
Range	7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h)
Complement	235
Sensors and processing systems	Type 960 air search radar, later Type 965 AKE-2 Type 293Q target indication radar, later Type 993 and Antenna AKD Type 982 aircraft direction radar, laterType 986 and Antenna AKR Type 277Q height finding radar, later Type 278 and Antenna ANU(3) Type 974 navigation radarlater Type 978 and Antenna ATZ Type 275 fire control radar on director Mark 6M Type 262 fire control on STAAG mount Type 944/954 later Type 1010/1011 Cossor Mark 10 IFF Type 174 search sonar Type 170 attack sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	UA3J
Armament	1 × twin 4.5 in gun Mark 6 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun STAAG Mark 2, later 1 × Sea Cat GWS-20 SAM 1 × Squid A/S mortar
Service record
Operations:	Beira Patrol (1975) Cod Wars (1976)

HMS Salisbury was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy. Completed in the late 1950s, Salisbury served through the 1960s and 1970s, participating in the Beira Patrol, blockading against Rhodesia and the confrontation with Iceland over fishing rights that was known as the Cod Wars. Salisbury became a harbour training ship in 1980, before being sunk as a target in 1985.