| HMS Llandaff (F61) | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Llandaff (F61) |
| Ordered: | 28 June 1951 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
| Laid down: | 27 August 1953 |
| Launched: | 30 November 1955 |
| Commissioned: | 11 April 1958 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Bangladeshi Navy 10 December 1976 as the Umar Farooq |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Salisbury-class frigate |
| Displacement: |
2,170 tons standard 2,400 tons full load |
| Length: |
340 ft (103.6 m) o/a 330 ft (100.6 m) pp[2] |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Propulsion: | 8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400 shp, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,500 nmi (8,600 mi; 13,900 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)[2] |
| Complement: | 207 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
[2][3] Type 960 air search radar, later Type 965 AKE-2 Type 293Q target indication radar, later Type 993 Type 982 aircraft direction radar 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 Llandaff (F61) was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy, named for the district of Llandaff in Cardiff, Wales. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on the River Tyne, being laid down on 27 August 1953 and launched on 30 November 1955.[4] Llandaff broke away from her moorings in a storm on 1 March 1956 and was damaged by collisions with the cruiser HMS Bermuda, the frigate HMS Russell and a merchant ship before she could be brought under control.[5] Despite this damage, she completed on 11 April 1958,[4] when she was the first ship to be trained by the newly established Flag Officer Sea Training organisation at Portland.[6]
The Llandaff transferred to the Bangladeshi Navy at Royal Albert Dock, London 10 December 1976 as the Umar Farooq. She is still in active service as of December 2010. She was convered into a training ship where under training officers and sailors get sea time. During long refit female officers gun room and heads were made so that female under training can also be trained. In Bangladesh Navy she took flag showing and training visits abroad mentionable among them are the good will visit to India, Pakistan and Maldives in 1989,participation in Korean International Fleet Review in 1998, etc. With three other frigates she forms the 7th Frigate Squadron and stationed in Chittagong, Bangladesh.[7]
References[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Critchley, Mike (1986). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-1322-5.
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