RN Frigates: Leander Class Improved Type 12

Brian James · Unread post by **Brian James** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:06 am

Batch 3 Broad-Beam Leander Class ASW Frigate HMS Andromeda pictured in the Portland Exercise Area in the 1980s...Built at HMNB Portsmouth and commissioned on December 2nd 1968, she took part in the Falklands War. She was sold to India in 1995, for use as a Training Ship, being renamed INS Krishna, she was finally decommissioned in May 2012.

Brian James · Unread post by **Brian James** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:49 am

HMS Leander pictured during her visit to Tauranga on November 12th 1966 and with her Wasp at the local airport.

Brian James · Unread post by **Brian James** » Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:22 am

Leander Class Frigate HMS Sirius pictured c1978.

Pelican · Unread post by **Pelican** » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:04 pm

On this day [27th March] in 2004, HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander class frigate, was sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall.
It was the first of its kind in Europe and the ship soon became a very popular dive site and a source of study for marine life.

Brian James · Unread post by **Brian James** » Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:34 am

Leander Class Frigate HMS Charybdis pictured c1987.

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