Name: | PELLEW |
Type: | Frigate |
Keel: | 05/11/1953 |
Launched: | 29/09/1954 |
Completed: | 26/07/1956 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1829 |
Dimensions: | 1180disp - 1456disp, 310.0 x 33.0 x 15.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 1 x Steam turbine, DR geared, 15000shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 28.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 3 x 1 x 40mm guns; 2 x 3 x Limbo AS mortars |
History: | |
26/07/1956 | British Royal Navy |
26/04/1971 | Broken up |
Comments: | A member of the Blackwood Class or Type 14 Class of frigates |
26/04/1971: Sold for breaking up at Fleetwood by HK Vickers |
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