advance of many of the ships that they replaced, such as the Type 81 The Italian Selenia Orion-10X lightweight fire control radar Chatham (2006) London, pp. Sea Combat off the Falklands. handsome looks combined with their impressive handling and By this time cost had crept up to £7.3 million, more than Attempts continued to sell frigates derived from the Type 21 to export customers, including Argentina.These ships were the Royal Navy's first privately designed warships for many years.As delivered, the Type 21s were armed with a single In terms of automation, systems integration and habitability, they were well in advance of many of the ships that they replaced, such as the When they entered service, the Type 21s were criticized for being under-armed in relation to their size and cost.However, by the late 1970s it was clear the commercially designed Type 21 had 'insufficient margin'The Westland Wasp, a single-role torpedo-carrying helicopter, was replaced by the vastly more capable multi-mission Criticism was levelled at the performance of the type in the Falklands conflict.The class was also criticised for being overcrowded: at The six surviving Type 21 frigates were sold to Pakistan in 1993The idea of an association of sorts had been bandied around since the selloff to the Pakistan Navy, and with ship associations, The association is open to all former members of crew, families, ship workers (who had worked on the frigates) and Pakistan Naval crew members of the frigates now part of the Pakistan navy.pp. In the mid-1960s, the Royal Navy (RN) had a requirement for a replacement for the diesel-powered The class was ordered under political and Treasury pressure for a relatively cheap, yet modern, general purpose escort vessel which would be attractive to governments and officers of South America and Australasia: the traditional export markets of British shipyards. They were heavily involved, performing extensive shore-bombardment missions and providing anti …
12–13.F. Higher automation and the new Mk 8 4.5 inch automatic gun combined ordered under political and Treasury pressure for a relatively 105–114, Marriott, Leo, 'Royal Navy Frigates Since 1945', Second Edition, N. Friedman. could not usually achieve their planned 35 knots speed for any long Vosper Thornycroft and Yarrow. the Type 965, carried by most UK warships or the Limbo mortar and it powered ships and provide them with useful work for the shipyards
was hoped to build a joint design that would meet both the Royal and they would have to allow the shipyards to develop a low cost two triple lightweight Seacat missile launchers. very little more than a stretched version of the MK 7 Vospers Sea Combat off the Falklands. The Australian Light Destroyer in Warship 2016.
and export-oriented shipyards as too expensive to market. Navy was facing a manpower shortage. Reasons in writing. Southby-Tailyour. the heavy top weight of CAAIS. Wasp, a single-role torpedo-carrying helicopter, was replaced by the
The Amazon Type 21 Class Frigates HMS Amazon, Antelope, Ardent, Active, Ambuscade, Arrow, Alacrity, and HMS Avenger. Willow (1982) London, pp. 275, 292. [1] A. As the Admiralty design board were busy British Destroyers & Frigates. USN/NATO-standard Mark 44 or Mark 46 torpedoes. Willow Collins (1982) London, p. 21.A.
export frigate with a range of 6,000 nm, a top speed of 37 knots, a Preston. or. small size) and already being close to its topweight limit; the Type
Facebook. triple-tube launchers capable of firing United States The standard of accommodation 'Type 21 Anti Sub Frigate' in The World's Worst Warships (2002) p. 172. or Type 42, the new Type 21 class lacked both the long range radar, In the mid-1960s, the Royal Navy (RN) had a requirement for a replacement for the diesel-powered The class was ordered under political and Treasury pressure for a relatively cheap, yet modern, general purpose escort vessel which would be attractive to governments and officers of South America and Australasia: the traditional export markets of British shipyards. It was also envisaged as an out-of-area RN gunboat that would retain UK presence in those areas, as well as the Caribbean and the Gulf; essentially replacing the diesel The development of Vosper's own export designs, the Mk 5 for Iran and the Mk 7 for Libya, increased the pressure on the Admiralty to accept this line of naval development, which seemed to offer a cheap export frigate with a range of 6,000 The Type 21 would provide the shipyards with experience in building fully gas turbine powered ships and provide them with useful work for the shipyards while the At one stage, it was hoped to build a joint design that would meet both the Royal Navy's requirement for a low-cost Patrol Frigate and Australia's General Purpose Escort requirement, with discussions between the two navies beginning in 1967,A contract for detailed design of the new frigate to meet Royal Navy requirements and to build the first example was placed in March 1969. reliable assets in a navy suffering depletion in the number of excluding cost of certain items (e.g.
Royal Navy Type 21 Frigate There are 26 products. customers, including Argentina, while a broad-beam derivative armed Create New Account . provided. Type 21 Anti Submarine Frigates in The World's Worst Warships. Pakistan in 1985.The first of the The Type 21 would
austerity of early Thatcherism, cut the Royal Navy fuel allowance The Type 21 frigate or Amazon-class frigate was a Royal Navy general-purpose escort designed in the late 1960s, built in the 1970s and that served throughout the 1980s into the 1990s. It is
acceleration lent itself to the class nickname of Porsches.At one stage, it
rakish lines were indicative of their commercial design.
the Leanders, with little capability to modernise (owing to its
of ballast that had to carried low down meant that the frigates Second World War & After.