HMS Tenby (F65)
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 HMS Tenby, May 1969
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Tenby |
| Ordered | 6 March 1951 |
| Builder | Cammell Laird and Co Ltd, Birkenhead |
| Laid down | 23 June 1953 |
| Launched | 4 October 1955 |
| Commissioned | 18 December 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 1972 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F65 |
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| 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 |
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HMS Tenby 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]
Tenby was 370 feet 0 inches (112.78 m)
A twin
The ship was fitted with a
History
In 1962-1963 she was commanded by
By the early 1970s, in the latter part of her career, she was one of three frigates which formed the Dartmouth Training Squadron and was used for the training of Royal Navy Officer Cadets before being promoted to Midshipmen.
In popular culture
The fake military funeral of Commander James Bond in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice was filmed on board this ship, which was near Gibraltar at that time. In the film however, it was portrayed as being in Hong Kong.[10]
Decommissioning
She was paid off into the reserve fleet on 8 December 1972 with the final ship's company leaving on 28 February 1973.[citation needed]
She spent four years laid up at Devonport prior to being sold to Thos. W. Ward for breaking up at Briton Ferry,[11] the proposed sale to Pakistan being cancelled.[12]
References
Notes
- ^ Friedman 2008, pp. 206–208
- ^ Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, pp. 514–515
- ^ Friedman 2008, pp. 321–322
- ^ Friedman 2008, pp. 157, 206, 208, 322
- ^ Marriott 1983, pp. 58, 64
- ^ Blackman 1960, p. 64
- ^ Friedman 2008, pp. 208, 322
- ^ a b c Marriott 1983, p. 55
- ^ Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, pp. 484, 519
- ^ "You Only Live Twice (1967) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "HMS Tenby". 30 May 2011.
- ^ "HMS TENBY ASSOCIATION EST 1992". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
Bibliography
- Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1960). Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- 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 Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1322-5.
