Battleaxe 1952
Crossbow 1952
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Battleaxe | G18 - D118 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 4/1944 | 12/6/1945 | 10/1947 | BU 10/1964 |
| Broadsword | G31 - D31 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 7/1944 | 5/2/1946 | 10/1948 | BU 10/1968 |
| Carronade | Scotts, Greenock | 4/1944 | 4/1946 | --- | cancelled | |
| Claymore | Scotts, Greenock | --- | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Crossbow | G96 - D96 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 8/1944 | 20/12/1945 | 3/1948 | BU 1/1972 |
| Culverin | Thornycroft, Woolston | 4/1944 | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Cutlass | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 9/1944 | 20/3/1946 | --- | cancelled | |
| Dagger | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 3/1945 | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Dirk | Scotts, Greenock | --- | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Grenade | Scotts, Greenock | --- | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Halberd | Scotts, Greenock | --- | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Howitzer | Thornycroft, Woolston | 2/1945 | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Longbow | Thornycroft, Woolston | 4/1945 | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Musket | White, Cowes | --- | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Poniard | Scotts, Greenock | --- | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Rifle | Denny, Dumbarton | 6/1944 | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Scorpion (ex-Tomahawk, ex-Centaur) | G64 - D64 | White, Cowes | 12/1944 | 15/8/1946 | 12/1947 | BU 6/1971 |
| Spear | Denny, Dumbarton | 9/1944 | --- | --- | cancelled | |
| Sword (ex-Celt) | White, Cowes | --- | --- | --- | cancelled |
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Displacement standard, t |
1965 - 1980 |
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Displacement full, t |
2825 |
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Length, m |
104.1 pp 111.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.6 |
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Draught, m |
4.47 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
40000 |
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Max speed, kn |
34 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 620 |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI HA (Mk 19 mounts), 2 x 2 - 40/60 Bofors STAAG, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Bofors, 2 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid DCT |
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Sensors |
presumably type 262, 275, 277, 291, 293, 903 radars, type 170, 174/177 sonars |
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Complement |
255 - 286 |
Ship project history: These ships were originally intended as fleet anti-submarine escorts with alternately arranged two boiler and two engine rooms. It was originally planned to arm these ships with 3 twin 102mm DP mounts and 50 - 150 DCs but latter and one twin mount ("B" on Battleaxe and Broadsword or "Y" on Crossbow and Scorpion) were replaced by 2 Squid DCTs.
Modernizations: 1958 - 1959, all 4 completed ships were converted to radar pickets, as follows:
Crossbow 1964
| Name | No | Reconstructed | Yard | Fate |
| Battleaxe | D118 | 1958 - 1959 | BU 10/1964 | |
| Broadsword | D31 | 1958 - 1959 | BU 10/1968 | |
| Crossbow | D96 | 1958 - 1959 | BU 1/1972 | |
| Scorpion (ex-Tomahawk, ex-Centaur) | D64 | 1958 - 1959 | BU 6/1971 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2280 |
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Displacement full, t |
2935 |
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Length, m |
104.1 pp 111.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.6 |
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Draught, m |
4.50 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
40000 |
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Max speed, kn |
34 |
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Endurance, nm (at sped, kts) |
5000 (15) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19 (Mk 16 guns), 2 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid DCT Scorpion: 2 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19 (Mk 16 guns), 2 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 DCT |
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Sensors |
type 965 (AKE-1), 293, 262, 903 radars, type 170, 174/177 sonars |
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Complement |
234 |
Naval service: Battleaxe was badly damaged 1/8/1962 in collision with frigate Ursa and laid up. Rest ships were laid up in 1964 - 1966.
Scorpion 1947
Broadsword 1962
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