HMS Jaguar (F37)

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HMS Jaguar in 1963
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Jaguar
Ordered28 June 1951
Builder William Denny & Brothers
Laid down2 November 1953
Launched20 July 1957
Commissioned12 December 1959
IdentificationF37
FateSold to Bangladesh 1978
General characteristics
Class and type Leopard-class frigate
Length101 m (331 ft 4 in)
Beam10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
Draught3 m (9 ft 10 in)
PropulsionEight ASR1 V16 Diesels, feeding two gearboxes with Vulcan Sinclair Couplings to 2 shafts. Crossley?
Speed18 knots (33 km/h)
Range2,200  nmi (4,074 km; 2,532 mi) at 18 kn
Complement200 (22 (app.) officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar System:
    • Surface: 293/993
    • Air & Surface: 965
    • Navigation: 974/978
    • Fire control: 275
    • Echo Type 3 (Hull mounted)
Armament
  • 2 × twin Mark 6 4.5 in (114 mm) guns
  • 1 × Squid A/S mortar

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]

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Royal Navy service

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]

HMS Jaguar after she was refitted with Type 965 radar HMS Jaguar F37.jpg
HMS Jaguar after she was refitted with Type 965 radar

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]

Bangladesh Navy service

After a spell in reserve, she was sold on 6 July 1978 to the Bangladesh Navy for £2 million and commissioned in 1978 as BNS Ali Haider (F17). [3] [9] [10] Ali Haider was decommissioned during a ceremony held in her home port of Chittagong on 22 January 2014. [11] [12] Name and number were taken by one of the two former Chinese Jianghu III-class frigates which reportedly had already begun their transfer voyage.

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  2. Marriott, Leo, Royal Navy Frigates since 1945, 2nd Edition, page 55. The photograph on page 55 shows Jaguar with the Type 960 and 293Q radars and without STAAG in 1964 – before her mid-60s refit.
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