HMS Jupiter (F60)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Jupiter.
HMS Jupiter (F60) was a Batch 3 Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was, like the rest of the class, named after a figure of mythology. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun, she was launched on 4 September 1967 and commissioned on 9 August 1969.
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Name | HMS Jupiter |
Namesake | Jupiter |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 3 October 1966 |
Launched | 4 September 1967 |
Commissioned | 9 August 1969 |
Decommissioned | 22 April 1992 |
Identification | F60 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1997 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leander-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load |
Length | 113.4 m (372 ft) |
Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
Range | 4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 223 |
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