Rothesay-class frigate
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The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy.
HMS Plymouth
Rothesay before her Seacat/helicopter upgrade – note 40 mm gun in stern
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
Rothesay-class frigate
…the 1980s, and serving with distinction in the Falklands War. The class was highly adaptable and further modifications led to the equally successful Leander-class (Type 12I). The Type 12M retained the hull design of the Type 12, that allowed high cruising speed to be maintained in heavy seas, critical to the…
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