Type 21-class

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Summary

Origin country 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Category Frigate
SubtypeGeneral-purpose frigate
ManufacturerYarrow Shipbuilders,, Vosper Thornycroft
Year commissioned1974
Units6 In active service, 2 sunk

Technical specifications

Type 21
Displacement2860 tons
Range 7000 km
Crew177 members
Width12.7 m (41.7 ft)
Length110.0 m (360.9 ft)
Propulsion

COGOG on 2 shafts;
2 Tyne cruise turbines: 8,500 shp
2 Olympus boost turbines: 50,000 shp

Armament

(Pakistani modifications) 1 4.5 in Vickers Mark 8 gun; 4 20 mm Oerlikon; Harpoon SSM; LY-60N SAM; 2 12.75" 3-tube STWS-1 torpedo tubes

Maximum speed32 knots