H.M.S. Palliser
F.94
1975
(SeaVee SV-526a)
- Class: Blackwood Type 14 - 12 ASW frigates of 1951
- Displacement: 1,456 tons full load
- Dimensions: 310 (oa) x 35 x 15.5 ft
- Machinery: 1-shaft steam trubine 15,000shp = 27 knots
- Guns: 3-40mm Mk7 (3x1)
- ASW weapons: 2 Limbo Mk 10 mortars; 4-21in TT (2x2)
- Complement: 112
- Builder: Alex Stephen & Co. Ltd., Govan
- Keel Laid: 15 Mar 1955
- Launched: 10 May 1956
- Commissioned: 13 Dec 1957
- Notes: The Type 14 frigates, specializing in ASW, were designed as a less expensive alternative to the more general purpose Whitby Type 12 frigates. Although slower and less capable, they provided numbers during the Cold War when Soviet submarine forces were seen as a real threat. Palliser broken up 1983.
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