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 Launched 2 July 1954 | |
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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.
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