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HMS Scarborough (F63)

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Name
  
HMS Scarborough

Laid down
  
11 September 1953

Decommissioned
  
1972

Construction started
  
11 September 1953

Draft
  
5.2 m

Ordered
  
6 March 1951

Commissioned
  
10 May 1957

Identification
  
Pennant number F63

Launched
  
4 April 1955

Builder
  
Vickers-Armstrongs

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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.

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Operational Service

On commissioning in May 1957, Scarborough joined the 5th Frigate Squadron, and was the leader of the squadron in March 1959 when she took part in "Navy Days" in Portsmouth.

She underwent an extended refit at Portsmouth from December 1962 to February 1964. From April 1964 she served as part of the Dartmouth Training Squadron with sister ships Eastbourne, Tenby and Torquay.

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. 
  • Critchley, Mike (1992). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-907771-13-0. 
  • Marriott, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Ian Allen Ltd, Surrey.

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