Name HMS Pellew Commissioned 26 July 1956 Construction started 5 November 1953 Length 94 m Builder Swan Hunter | Laid down 5 November 1953 Identification Pennant number F62 Launched 29 September 1954 Draft 4.6 m | |
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Fate Broken up 1971 at Fleetwood Class and type Blackwood-class frigate (Type 14 frigate) | ||
HMS Pellew (F62) was one of a dozen Blackwood-class frigate (also known as the Type 14 class) of second-rate anti-submarine frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.
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Description
The Blackwood class displaced 1,180 long tons (1,200 t) at standard load and 1,456 long tons (1,479 t) at deep load. They had an overall length of 310 feet (94.5 m), a beam of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a draught of 15 feet (4.6 m). The ships were powered by one English Electric geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The turbine developed a total of 15,000 shaft horsepower (11,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). The Blackwoods had a range of 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). Their complement was 140 officers and ratings.
The ships were armed with three Bofors 40 mm guns in single mounts. The mount on the quarterdeck was later removed as it was unusable in heavy seas. They were equipped with two triple-barrelled Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortars. The Blackwood-class ships had the same sonar suite as the larger Whitby-class frigates where the Limbo mortars were controlled by three sonars, the Type 174 search set, Type 162 target-classification set and the Type 170 'pencil beam' targeting set to determine the bearing and depth of the target.
Construction and career
The ship was named after Captain Sir Edward Pellew, later Viscount Exmouth. In 1965 Pellew was part of the 2nd Frigate Squadron based at Portland. Her peacetime role was the training of officers and ratings in anti-submarine warfare. Between 1964 and 1965 the ship visited Calais, Kiel, Flushing, Cherbourg and Jersey. She took part in Portsmouth 'Navy Days' in 1965.
She was adopted by the town of Teignmouth.
Broken up at Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom