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HMS Relentless after her Type 15 conversion
Class overview
Name
Type 15
Operators
Royal Navy
South African Navy
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
In service
1951–1977
Completed
23
Retired
23
General characteristics
Type
Frigate
Displacement
2,300 long tons (2,337 t) standard
2,700 long tons (2,743 t) full load[1]
Length
358 ft (109 m) o/a
Beam
37 ft 9 in (11.51 m)
Draught
14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion
2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Steam turbines on 2 shafts
40,000 shp (30 MW)
Speed
31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) (full load)
Complement
174
Sensors and processing systems
Radar
Type 293Q target indication.
Type 277Q surface search
Type 974 navigation
Type 262 fire control on director CRBF
Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF
Sonar:
Type 174 search
Type 162 target classification
Type 170 attack
Armament
1 × twin 4 in (102 mm) Mark 19 gun
1 × twin 40mm Bofors Mk.5
2 × Squid or Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortars
Aviation facilities
Flight deck on Grenville and Undaunted
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^All information is for ships converted from R-class destroyers
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