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| Type 41 Leopard class |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
2,300 tons standard / 2,520 tons full load |
| Length: |
340 ft o/a, 103.16 m |
| Beam: |
40 ft, 12.2 m |
| Draught: |
16 ft, 3.6 m |
| Propulsion: |
8 x Admiralty Standard Range ASR1 diesels, 14,400 shp, 2 shafts |
| Speed: |
24 knots |
| Range: |
220 tons oil fuel, 7,500 nm at 16 knots |
| Complement: |
205 or 235 |
| Armament: |
2 x twin 4.5 in guns N Mark 6
1 x twin 40mm Bofors gun STAAG Mark 2, later;
1 x single 40mm Bofors gun Mark 9
1 x Squid A/S mortar
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| Radar: |
Type 960 air search, later;
Type 965 AKE-1 air search
Type 293Q target indication, later;
Type 993 target indication
Type 277Q height finding
Type 974 navigation
Type 285 fire control on director Mark 6M
Type 262 fire control on director CRBF
Type 262 fire control on STAAG mount
Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF
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| Sonar: |
Type 174 search
Type 164 attack
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The Type 41 or Leopard class were a class of anti-aircraft defence frigates built for the Royal Navy (4 ships) and Indian Navy (3 ships) in the 1950's. These ships were designed to provide anti-aircraft escorts to convoys, as a result they were not built for fleet speeds and made only 24 knots. They shared a common hull and machinery with the Type 61 or Salisbury class aircraft direction vessels. An intended anti-submarine version, the Type 11 class (see Type system of the Royal Navy), was cancelled due to the low top speed being insufficient to combat contemporary adversaries, and was replaced by the turbine powered Type 12. HMS Jaguar and HMS Lynx were sold to the Bangladesh Navy in 1978 and 1982 respectively, and were still in service in 2007.
| Ship |
Pennant Number |
Builder |
Completed |
Fate |
| HMS Leopard |
F14 |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
30 September 1958 |
Broken up 1977 |
| HMS Lynx |
F27 |
John Brown, Clydebank |
14 March 1957 |
Sold to Bangladesh 1982 renamed Abu Bakr, In service 2006 |
| HMS Puma |
F34 |
Scotts |
27 April 1957 |
Broken up 1976 |
| HMS Jaguar |
F37 |
Denny |
12 December 1959 |
Sold to Bangladesh 1982 renamed Ali Haider, In service 2006 |
| INS Brahmaputra (ex HMS Panther) |
F34 |
John Brown & Co |
31 March 1958 |
Broken Up 1986 |
| INS Beas |
F37 |
Vickers, Tyne |
24 May 1960 |
Broken up 1992 |
| INS Betwa |
F38 |
Vickers, Tyne |
8 December 1960 |
Broken Up 1992 |
