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
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