HMS Euryalus (F15)
1964 Type 12I or Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Euryalus (F15) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the class, Euryalus was named after a figure of mythology. Euryalus was built by Scotts Shipbuilders of Greenock. Euryalus was launched on 6 June 1963, and commissioned on 16 September 1964.
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Name | HMS Euryalus (F15) |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Builder | Scotts |
Laid down | 2 November 1961 |
Launched | 6 June 1963 |
Commissioned | 16 September 1964 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1989 |
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Fate | Sold for scrap, 1990 |
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Class and type | Leander-class frigate |
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Length | 267 ft 10 in (81.64 m) |
Beam | 48 ft 4 in (14.73 m) |
Draught | 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m) |
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Speed | 33.6 knots (62.2 km/h; 38.7 mph) |
Range | 3,470 nmi (6,430 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 256 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Wasp HAS Mk1 helicopter |
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This Euryalus was the sixth of the name and had a strong liaison with the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose motto (Omnia Audax) she bore from the 4th Euryalus landing its 1st Battalion at W Beach, Gallipoli, where the Regiment "won six Victoria Crosses before breakfast".