Type 965 radar
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The Type 965 radar was VHF long-range aircraft warning radar used by warships of the Royal Navy from the 1960s onwards. The Type 965M, Type 965P, Type 965Q and Type 965R were improved versions; the Type 960, 965M and 965Q used the single bedstead AKE(1) aerial, whilst the Type 965P and 965R used the double bedstead AKE(2) aerial.
HMS Coventry in 1981; the AKE(2) aerial of her Type 965R radar is at the top of her foremast
HMS Bacchante in June 1973, with the Type 965M radar's single bedstead AKE(1) aerial on her mainmast.
HMS Lincoln in 1972, with the Type 965P radar's double bedstead AKE(2) aerial on her mainmast.
Leander-class frigate
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The Leander-class, or Type 12I (Improved) 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 batches between 1959 and 1973. It had an unusually high public profile, due to the popular BBC television drama series Warship. The Leander silhouette became synonymous with the Royal Navy through the 1960s until the 1980s.
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