Beaver HMS
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:24 pm
HMS Beaver (F93) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy.
HMS Beaver was the adopted ship of the town of Bolton. Despite being many miles inland the town has a proud naval tradition based on the fact that during one week in the Second World War it raised one million pounds for the Royal Navy. The sixth HMS Dido was officially adopted by the town during the war to mark this honour.
Prior to decommissioning, it was possible for Beaver Scouts to become honorary members of the crew.
She was decommissioned on 1 May 1999 and sold for scrap on 21 February 2001.
Builder:Yarrow Shipbuilders Laid down:20 June 1980 Launched: 8 May 1982 Commissioned:13 December 1984
Decommissioned:1 May 1999
Fate:Sold for scrap 21 February 2001
Displacement:4,800 tons Length:146.5 m (480 ft) Beam:14.8 m (48 ft) Draught:6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:2-shaft COGOG 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW)
2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW)
Speed:
18 knots (33.3 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) full
Range: 8,000 nm (16,000 km)
Complement:273
Armament:
2 × 6 GWS25 Sea Wolf SAM launchers
4 × 1 Exocet SSM launchers
2 × triple Ship-launched Torpedo Weapons System (STWS) - Stingray Torpedo Launch Tubes
2 × Twin 30 mm AA guns
2 × 20 mm AA guns
4 × 7.62 mm GPMGs
Aircraft carried:
2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters
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HMS Beaver was the adopted ship of the town of Bolton. Despite being many miles inland the town has a proud naval tradition based on the fact that during one week in the Second World War it raised one million pounds for the Royal Navy. The sixth HMS Dido was officially adopted by the town during the war to mark this honour.
Prior to decommissioning, it was possible for Beaver Scouts to become honorary members of the crew.
She was decommissioned on 1 May 1999 and sold for scrap on 21 February 2001.
Builder:Yarrow Shipbuilders Laid down:20 June 1980 Launched: 8 May 1982 Commissioned:13 December 1984
Decommissioned:1 May 1999
Fate:Sold for scrap 21 February 2001
Displacement:4,800 tons Length:146.5 m (480 ft) Beam:14.8 m (48 ft) Draught:6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:2-shaft COGOG 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW)
2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW)
Speed:
18 knots (33.3 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) full
Range: 8,000 nm (16,000 km)
Complement:273
Armament:
2 × 6 GWS25 Sea Wolf SAM launchers
4 × 1 Exocet SSM launchers
2 × triple Ship-launched Torpedo Weapons System (STWS) - Stingray Torpedo Launch Tubes
2 × Twin 30 mm AA guns
2 × 20 mm AA guns
4 × 7.62 mm GPMGs
Aircraft carried:
2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters
Wikipedia
British Indian Ocean Ter SG202 204 205 207 213