Name: | LONDON |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 26/02/1960 |
Launched: | 07/12/1961 |
Completed: | 14/11/1963 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1903 |
Dimensions: | 5440disp - 6200disp, 505.0 x 54.0 x 20.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines & 4 x G6 type gas turbines, 60000shp |
Engines by: | General Electric Co, Manchester |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 30.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins, 2 x 20mm guns, 1 x 2 x Seaslug, 2 x Seacat, 1 x helicopter |
History: | |
14/11/1963 | British Royal Navy |
24/03/1982 | Government of Pakistan; renamed BABUR |
1995 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the County Class. Allocated pennant D16 |
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