For other ships of the same name, see HMS Chichester.
| HMS Chichester (F59) | |
|---|---|
 HMS Chichester at Famagusta, 1960 | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Chichester (F59) |
| Ordered: | 28 June 1951 |
| Builder: | Fairfields |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1953 |
| Launched: | 21 April 1955 |
| Commissioned: | 16 May 1958 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking 17 March 1981 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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, 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 993n Type 982 aircraft direction radar, laterType 986 Type 277Q height finding radar, later Type 278 Type 974 navigation radarlater Type 978 Type 285 fire control radar on director Mark 6M Type 262 fire control on STAAG mount Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF Type 174 search sonar Type 170 attack sonar |
| Armament: |
1 × twin 4.5 in gun Mark 6 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun STAAG Mark 2, later 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.5 1 × Squid A/S mortar |
HMS Chichester (F59) was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy. Towards the end of her career she was partially disarmed for use as a Hong Kong guard ship and "showing the flag" deployments, due in part to her good range conferred by her diesel machinery.
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