| Name: | EASTBOURNE |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Keel: | 13/01/1954 |
| Launched: | 29/12/1955 |
| Completed: | 09/01/1958 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker & Barrow |
| Yard Number: | 143 & 1018 |
| Dimensions: | 2150disp - 2560disp, 360.0 x 41.0 x 17.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, English Electric type, 30000shp |
| Engines by: | Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 29.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 2 x 4.5ins DP, 1 x 2 x 40mm guns, 12 x 21.0ins torpedoes; |
| 2 x 3 x Limbo anti-submarine mortars | |
| History: | |
| 09/01/1958 | British Royal Navy |
| 07/03/1985 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Type 12, Whitby Class. Allocated pennant F73 |
| 1956: Hull towed to Barrow for completion of engines & armament | |
| 22/05/1956: Arrived Barrow under tow by WARDEN & EARNER | |
| 1977: Armament removed & used as a static training ship for engineers | |
| 07/03/1985: Broken up by JA White at Inverkeithing |
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Above: Ready for breaking up at Inverkeithing. Photo copyright of Matterson Marine Collection
Above: Breaking well underway. Photo copyright of Gerry Rudman