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Lynx 1977 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Leopard	F14		Portsmouth DYd	25.3.1953	23.5.1955	30.9.1958	BU 10.1977
Lynx	F27	679	John Brown, Clydebank	13.8.1953	12.1.1955	14.3.1957	to Bangladesh 3.1982 (আবু বকর [Abu Bakr])
Puma	F34	664	Scotts, Greenock	16.11.1953	30.6.1954	27.4.1957	BU 12.1976
Jaguar	F37	1476	Denny, Dumbarton	2.11.1953	20.7.1957	12.12.1959	to Bangladesh 7.1978 (আলী হাইডের [Ali Haider])

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2300
Displacement full, t	2520
Length, m	100.6 pp 103.6 oa
Breadth, m	12.2
Draught, m	3.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	8 ASR1 diesels
Power, h. p.	14400
Max speed, kts	25
Fuel, t	diesel oil 230
Endurance, nm(kts)	7500(16)
Armament	F14, 27, 34: 2 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL F37:  2 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	F14, 27, 34: type 275, type 960, type 293Q, type 974 radars, type 170, 174, 162 sonars F37: type 275, type 960, type 974, type 993 radars, type 170, 174, 162 sonars
Complement	205

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Project history

For the remainder of the 1945 frigates it was decided to adopt diesel propulsion because it was felt that so many steam plants would overstretch the capacity of British industry. The Type 41 AA frigate was intended to support the Type 12, along with its half-sister, the Type 61 AD version, and the first orders were placed in August 1951. The 41/61 in steam form was the basic design and the 12 was developed from it. The raised forecastle of the Type 12 was adopted in order to enable speed to be kept up in a head sea, but was somewhat shorter and therefore lacking in elegance. Another unattractive feature was the absence of a funnel, for the diesel exhaust - trunking was brought up inside both lattice masts. This proved unsuccessful as well as unsightly, and to prevent the corrosion of masthead equipment Puma had her mainmast plated. The improvement was retro-fitted to the other ships.

By the standards of the day a most elaborate anti-aircraft defence was provided, with a Type 960 long-range air warning radar on the mainmast, a Mk 6M fire control system controlling two twin 114mm automatic mountings, backed up by a CRBF director aft, and a STAAG autonomous close-range 40mm mounting. The STAAG was not reliable, however; Jaguar entered service with a single 40mm gun in its place and the rest followed suit. Jaguar was the first to have the more effective Type 965 (AKE-1) long-range radar, but in time all four received it.

A fifth unit, Panther, was sold (before being laid down) to India as Brahmaputra; a replacement was ordered, but subsequently cancelled.

Modernizations

1963, Leopard; 1964, Puma; 1966, Lynx: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, type 960, type 293Q radars; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, type 965 AKE-1, type 993 radars, UA-8/9 ECM suite

1967, Jaguar: - type 960 radar; + type 965 AKE-1 radar, UA-8/9 ECM suite

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.