HMS Mohawk (F125)
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Name | HMS Mohawk |
Builder | Vickers |
Laid down | 23 December 1960 |
Launched | 5 April 1962 |
Commissioned | 29 November 1963 |
Decommissioned | 1980 |
Identification | Pennant number F125 |
Fate | Sold for scrap |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tribal-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 42 ft 3 in (12.88 m) |
Draught |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) (COSAG) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 253 |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter |
Service record | |
Part of: |
Naval On-call Force of the Mediterranean (1977) |
Operations: | Beira Patrol (1973) |
HMS Mohawk was a
Design and construction
The Tribal-, or Type 81-class, frigates were developed in the mid-1950s as a General Purpose frigate, capable of use in both anti-submarine and anti-aircraft duties in a full-scale war, while serving for Cold War policing duties in peace-time,[2][3] in particular to replace the old Loch-class frigates serving in the Persian Gulf.[4]
The Tribals were 360 ft 0 in (109.73 m)
The ships were fitted with two
Mohawk was built by
Operational Service
In 1965, Mohawk deployed to the
Mohawk underwent a conversion to accommodate her planned utilisation as a training ship. The refit entailed the removal of Mohawk's aft 4.5-inch gun and the conversion of her hangar to a classroom, but the process was abandoned.[12] In 1973, Mohawk and the destroyer Antrim relieved the destroyer Devonshire and frigate Lincoln in the Far East Squadron. Mohawk contributed to the Beira Patrol before returning to Britain in 1973. Later that year she embarked on a tour of the Norwegian coast. She was called onto assist in the search for Gaul, a fishing vessel that went missing in the Barents Sea.[citation needed]
In 1974, Mohawk served in the West Indies and the Mediterranean. In 1977, Mohawk joined Naval On-call Force of the Mediterranean (NAVOCFORMED), a NATO multi-national squadron.[citation needed] Later that year, Mohawk formed part of a task force designated "Group 6", led by the cruiser Tiger, that toured the Middle and Far East.[13] During the group's return journey the following year, Mohawk suffered hull damage in the port of Valletta, Malta after slipping her moorings early.[citation needed]
In 1979, Mohawk was reduced to the reserve and allocated to the Standby Squadron. After being placed on the disposal list in 1981.[14] Mohawk was sold for scrap and broken up at Cairnryan.[15]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Blackman 1971, p. 356
- ^ a b Friedman 2008, p. 272
- ^ a b Marriott 1983, p. 70
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, p. 528
- ^ a b Marriott 1983, p. 72
- ^ Friedman 2008, p. 322
- ^ Marriott 1983, pp. 70, 72
- ^ Marriott 1983, pp. 72–73
- ^ "A-Submarine Cost Revised". The Times (56304): Col F, p 8. 24 April 1965.
- ^ "Vickers Armstrongs (Labour Disputes)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 678. Commons. 29 May 1963. col. 132–133.
- ^ Commissioning Book, HMS Mohawk 1964-1965, Gale and Polden, Portsmouth
- ^ Critchley 1992, p. 112
- ^ Gough, Richard (2003), The Weapon Director, p. 2
- ^ "Standby Squadron". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commons. 26 April 1982. col. 222. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Colledge & Warlow (2010), p. 265
Publications
- Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. ISBN 0-354-00096-9.
- 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.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen, eds. (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1322-5.