HMS Jaguar in 1963 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Jaguar |
Ordered | 28 June 1951 |
Builder | William Denny & Brothers |
Laid down | 2 November 1953 |
Launched | 20 July 1957 |
Commissioned | 12 December 1959 |
Identification | F37 |
Fate | Sold to Bangladesh 1978 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leopard-class frigate |
Length | 101 m (331 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion | Eight ASR1 V16 Diesels, feeding two gearboxes with Vulcan Sinclair Couplings to 2 shafts. Crossley? |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Range | 2,200 nmi (4,074 km; 2,532 mi) at 18 kn |
Complement | 200 (22 (app.) officers) |
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Armament |
HMS Jaguar (F37), was a Leopard-class Type 41 anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after the jaguar. Jaguar was the last frigate built by William Denny & Brothers for the Royal Navy. Unlike the rest of her class, she was fitted with controllable pitch propellers. [1]
The main armament originally consisted of two twin 4.5 in guns Mark 6 plus one twin STAAG mounting, which was soon replaced by a 40 mm gun. [2] She was refitted in the mid-1960s, replacing the Type 960 long-range air warning radar with Type 965. The lattice mainmast was replaced by a plated structure to support the heavier AKE1 aerial used by the Type 965. The Type 293Q target designation radar on the foremast was replaced by a Type 993. New ESM and SCCM equipment was installed on the foremast. It was intended that Seacat missile would replace the 40 mm gun but this was not done to save money. [3]
Jaguar sailed from Chatham Dockyard in January 1969 and undertook a world cruise calling at Gibraltar, South Africa, Mombasa, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, Tonga, Raratonga, Tahiti, Pitcairn, Panama and Florida. During this cruise she provided medical aid at Astove, in the Seychelles. [4] She arrived back in the UK in December 1969 and was deployed to Icelandic waters for the Second Cod War in 1973. [3] On 10 September 1973, she collided with the Icelandic gunboat Thor (Þór), [5] and had her bows damaged. [6] She spent the rest of the month on dry dock for repairs at Chatham. [7] She was then assigned to the standby squadron but was recommissioned in 1976 for service in Icelandic waters again for the Third Cod War. [3] To protect her bows and stern from damage from collisions with Icelandic gunboats, she was fitted with heavy wooden sheathing. [8]
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