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HMS Whitby (F36)

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Name
  
HMS Whitby

Laid down
  
30 September 1952

Decommissioned
  
1974

Construction started
  
30 September 1952

Draft
  
5.2 m

Ordered
  
2 February 1951

Commissioned
  
10 July 1956

Identification
  
Pennant number F36

Launched
  
2 July 1954

Builder
  
Cammell Laird

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HMS Whitby was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom built by Cammell Laird and Co Ltd, Birkenhead. She was launched on 2 July 1954 and commissioned on 10 July 1956.

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Service

During 1966 she saw service in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. In 1968 she undertook fishery protection duties off the coast of Greenland - the first ship to have visited those waters since 1966. In 1968 she took part in 'Navy Days' at Portsmouth Dockyard.

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. 

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