HMS Scarborough (F63)

HMS Scarborough (F63)
HMS Scarborough (F63)
Name:	HMS Scarborough
Ordered:	6 March 1951
Builder:	Vickers Armstrong, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Laid down:	11 September 1953
Launched:	4 April 1955
Commissioned:	10 May 1957
Decommissioned:	1972
Identification:	Pennant number: F63
Fate:	Sold to Pakistan Navy in 1975 but not taken up; Sold for scrapping in 1977
General characteristics
Class & type:	Whitby-class frigate
Displacement:	2,150 long ton (2,185 tonnes); 2,560 tons full load (2,600 tonnes)
Length:	360 ft (109.7 m) w/l; 370 ft (112.8 m) o/a
Beam:	41 ft (12.5 m)
Draught:	17 ft (5.18 m)
Propulsion:	Y-100 plant; 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 2 English Electric steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp (22 MW)
Speed:	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range:	370 tons oil fuel, 4,200 nmi (7,780 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement:	152, later 225
Sensors and ; processing systems:	Radar Type 293Q target indication, later; Radar Type 993; ; Radar Type 277Q height finding (later removed); Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mark 6M; Radar Type 262 fire control on STAAG; Radar Type 974 navigation; Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF; Sonar Type 174 search; Sonar Type 162 target classification; Sonar Type 170 attack;
Armament:	1 x twin 4.5 in (114 mm) gun Mark 6; 1 x twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 2 STAAG, later; 1 x single 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7; ; 2 x Limbo A/S mortar Mark 10; 12 x 21 in A/S torpedo tubes (removed or never shipped);

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Scarborough.

HMS Scarborough was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. She was named after the town of Scarborough in the county of North Yorkshire.

Operational Service[]

In 1959 Scarborough was the leader of the 5th Frigate Squadron and took part in 'Navy Days' in Portsmouth during that year.^[1]

Commanding Officers[]

From	To	Captain
1957	1958	Commander E A S Manners DSC RN
1958	1959	Commander M E P Dalrymple-Hamilton MVO MBS DSC RN
1959	1959	Captain D G Clutterbuck RN

References[]

↑ Programme, Navy Days Portsmouth 28-30th March 1959, HMSO

Publications[]

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.
Marriot, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Ian Allen Ltd, Surrey.

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[1] Programme, Navy Days Portsmouth 28-30th March 1959, HMSO

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HMS Scarborough (F63)

Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	HMS Scarborough
Ordered:	6 March 1951
Builder:	Vickers Armstrong, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Laid down:	11 September 1953
Launched:	4 April 1955
Commissioned:	10 May 1957
Decommissioned:	1972
Identification:	Pennant number: F63
Fate:	Sold to Pakistan Navy in 1975 but not taken up Sold for scrapping in 1977



General characteristics
Class & type:	Whitby-class frigate
Displacement:	2,150 long ton (2,185 tonnes) 2,560 tons full load (2,600 tonnes)
Length:	360 ft (109.7 m) w/l 370 ft (112.8 m) o/a
Beam:	41 ft (12.5 m)
Draught:	17 ft (5.18 m)
Propulsion:	Y-100 plant; 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 2 English Electric steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp (22 MW)
Speed:	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range:	370 tons oil fuel, 4,200 nmi (7,780 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement:	152, later 225
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar Type 293Q target indication, later; Radar Type 993 Radar Type 277Q height finding (later removed) Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mark 6M Radar Type 262 fire control on STAAG Radar Type 974 navigation Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF Sonar Type 174 search Sonar Type 162 target classification Sonar Type 170 attack
Armament:	1 x twin 4.5 in (114 mm) gun Mark 6 1 x twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 2 STAAG, later; 1 x single 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7 2 x Limbo A/S mortar Mark 10 12 x 21 in A/S torpedo tubes (removed or never shipped)