Leander-class frigate
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The Leander-class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three b
HMS Apollo, 1976
Aerial view of HMS Penelope in 1970, showing the original layout of the class before conversion
Naiad, an Ikara conversion in 1982
Phoebe, an Exocet conversion, in 1990
Type 21 frigate
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The Type 21 frigate, or Amazon-class frigate, was a British Royal Navy general-purpose escort that was designed in the late 1960s, built in the 1970s, and that served into the 1990s.
Leander-class frigate
…Royal Netherlands Navy Pakistan Navy Ecuadorian Navy Indonesian Navy Preceded by Rothesay class Salisbury class Leopard class Tribal class Succeeded by Type 21 frigate Subclasses Condell class River class Nilgiri class Van Speijk class Built 1959–1973 In commission 1963–1993 (Royal Navy) Completed 26 Retired 26 (3 as…
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Arrow underway (circa 1982)
HMS Amazon during Exercise RIMPAC 86