Royal Navy, ASW frigates: 8 ships, service 1951-1992: HMS Torquay, Whitby, Scarborough, Tenby, Eastbourne, Blackpool. INS Talwar, Trishul The Type 12 or Whitby-class frigates were six dedicated cold war British Royal Navy anti-submarine frigates, entering service late in the 1950s. They were designed in the early 1950s as first-rate ocean-going convoy escorts, and the first … Read more
Royal Navy – 10 ships converted, service 1951-1967 HMS Orwell, Paladin, Petard, Teazer, Tenacious, Termagant, Terpsichore, Tumult, Tuscan, Tyrian The early cold war saw a new threat emerging, the rise of a formidable submarine fleet by USSR, the Project 613 or Whiskey-class submarine. Derived from the late war revolurionary German Type XXI, they imposed a … Read more
Royal Navy – 23 ships converted, service 1951-1977 HMS Rapid, Relentless, Rocket, Roebuck, Troubridge, Grenville, Ulster, Ulysses, Undaunted, Undine, Urania, Urchin, Ursa, Venus, Verulam, Vigilant, Virago, Volage, Wakeful, Whirlwind, Wizard, Wrangler, Zest We open the ball here on cold war Royal Navy Frigates with the case of WW2 destroyer “recycling”: The Type 15 and 16 … Read more
