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Rothesay 1981 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Rothesay	F107	2120	Yarrow, Scotstoun	6.11.1956	9.12.1957	23.4.1960	BU 11.1988
Londonderry	F108	1995	White, Cowes	15.11.1956	20.5.1958	18.10.1961	trials ship 11.1975
Brighton	F106	2139	Yarrow, Scotstoun	23.7.1957	30.10.1959	28.9.1961	BU 9.1985
Falmouth	F113	1887	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	23.11.1957	15.12.1959	25.7.1961	harbour TS 1984
Yarmouth	F101	710	John Brown, Clydebank	29.11.1957	23.3.1959	26.3.1960	sunk as target 21.6.1987
Rhyl	F129		Portsmouth DYd	29.1.1958	23.4.1959	31.3.1960	sunk as target 8.1985
Lowestoft	F103	666	Stephen, Govan	9.6.1958	23.6.1960	26.9.1961	sunk as target 8.6.1986
Berwick	F115	1590	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	16.6.1958	15.12.1959	1.6.1961	sunk as target 8.1986
Plymouth	F126		Devonport DYd	1.7.1958	20.7.1959	11.5.1961	preserved 4.1988
Weymouth		1591	Harland & Wolff, Belfast	10.4.1959	---	---	cancelled 1960
Fowey		1285	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	19.10.1959	---	---	cancelled 1960
Hastings		2155	Yarrow, Scotstoun	2.12.1959	---	---	cancelled 1960

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2150
Displacement full, t	2560
Length, m	109.7 pp 112.7 oa
Breadth, m	12.5
Draught, m	3.90 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets ASR geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	30000
Max speed, kts	29
Fuel, t	oil 370
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(12)
Armament	F101, 107, 129: 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL F103, 106, 108, 113, 115, 126: 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	F101, 107, 129: type 275, type 277Q, type 293Q radars, type 170, type 174/177, type 162M sonars, UA-3 ECM suite F103, 106, 108, 113, 115, 126: type 277Q, type 293Q, type 903 radars, type 170, type 174/177, type 162M sonars, UA-3 ECM suite
Complement	200 - 235

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Project history

These were repeals of the Whitby design, ordered under the 1954-55 Programme, but 'tidied up' internally. The raked runnel fitted in Torquay was incorporated during construction, but there were few other external differences. The twelve TT were removed and only the early ships carried the STAAG 40mm mounting. In its place was put a large deckhouse to carry a Seacat GWS20 missile system, but for some yean all ships carried a single 40mm Before gun

The last three hulls were cancelled and completed to the Leander design, the success of which prompted a major modernization of the Rothesays.

The first Hastings became the RNZN ship Otago in February 1957, another ordered Hastings was completed later as a Leander.

Modernizations

early 1960s, Yarmouth, Rothesay, Rhyl: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, type 275 radar; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, type 903 radar

1968, Rothesay, Yarmouth; 1969, Plymouth, Londonderry; 1970, Lowestoft, Falmouth; 1971, Berwick; 1972, Brighton, Rhyl: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 277Q, type 293Q radars; + 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS20 SAM (12 Sea Cat), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 helicopter (Wasp), type 978, type 994 radars, 2x Corvus decoy RL

1981, Lowestoft: + type 2031I sonar (temporarily for tests)

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.