HMS Eastbourne (F73)
HMS Eastbourne in May 1969
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Eastbourne |
Ordered | 6 March 1951 |
Builder | Newcastle-on-Tyne (completed at Barrow ) |
Laid down | 13 January 1954 |
Launched | 29 December 1955 |
Commissioned | 9 January 1958 |
Decommissioned | 1984 |
Reclassified | Training ship in 1971 |
Identification | Pennant number: F73 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping in 1985 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Whitby-class frigate |
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Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
Draught | 17 ft (5.18 m) |
Propulsion | Y-100 plant; 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 English Electric steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp (22 MW) |
Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
Range | 370 tons oil fuel, 4,200 nmi (7,780 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 152, later 225 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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HMS Eastbourne was a Whitby-class, or Type 12, anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
Design
The Whitbys were designed as specialist anti-submarine warships, intended to counter fast modern diesel-electric submarines. As such, the design was required to reach a speed of at least 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h), maintaining high speed in rough weather conditions and have a range of 4,500 nautical miles (5,200 mi; 8,300 km) at 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h). To meet these requirements, the Type 12s had a new hull form and, unlike the contemporary Type 41 anti-aircraft and Type 61 air direction frigates, were powered by steam turbines.[1][2]
Eastbourne was 370 feet 0 inches (112.78 m)
A twin
The ship was fitted with a
Construction
Eastbourne was
Operational service
On commissioning Eastbourne joined the 3rd Training Squadron, based at
In 1972, Eastbourne replaced
Harbour training ship
In 1976 Eastbourne was dispatched to Iceland to assist in the third Cod War and on 22 May she was damaged in a collision with the ICGV Baldur.[18] During the subsequent repairs in Rosyth in 1977, a hull inspection found that Eastbourne was no longer fit for sea, though her machinery was still in good condition. Her propellers were removed, and 'brake wheels' were fitted as a replacement. This enabled her to be steamed at full power with no forward movement. This enabled the apprentices to assist in operation of her machinery at full power, with the added benefit of churning the dockyard basin water up to improve its aeration. Officers under training from Royal Naval Engineering College Manadon were also able to be trained onboard before their first sea draft.
In the 1980s, Eastbourne remained moored at Rosyth Dockyard alongside Duncan as harbour training ship for the marine engineering artificer apprentices of Caledonia. Once Caledonia was scheduled to close, both Eastbourne and Duncan were de-stored and paid off for disposal in March 1984. Training of the marine engineering artificer apprentices was transferred to HMS Sultan.
References
- ^ Friedman 2008, pp. 206–208
- ^ Preston 1995, pp. 514–515
- ^ Friedman 2008, pp. 321–322
- ^ Friedman 2008, pp. 157, 206, 208, 322
- ^ Marriott 1983, pp. 58, 64
- ^ a b Blackman 1960, p. 64
- ^ Friedman 2008, pp. 208, 322
- ^ a b c Marriott 1983, p. 55
- ^ Preston 1995, pp. 484, 519
- ^ a b Friedman 2008, p. 336
- ^ Hodgson, Barbara (20 February 2016). "The story of Richard Joicey's heroics on a devastating day at Walker Naval shipyard". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Richard Raylton JOICEY, Ship Manager, Walker Naval Yard, Newcastle on Tyne". The London Gazette (Supplement). No. 40819. 29 June 1956. p. 3867.
- ^ a b Marriott 1983, p. 64
- ^ a b c Critchley 1992, p. 98
- ^ Roberts 2009, pp. 21–22
- ^ The Navy List, (HMSO, Spring 1966).
- ^ Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, HMSO.
- ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
Publications
- Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1960). Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Critchley, Mike (1992). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Press. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.
- Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
- Hargreaves, B. B. (February 2022). "HMS Eastbourne". Marine News Supplement: Warships. 76 (2): S159. ISSN 0966-6958.
- Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1322-5.
- ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Roberts, John (2009). Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Royal Navy. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-043-7.