RN Frigates: Type 81 Tribal Class

[Brian James]

HMS Eskimo pictured at Hartlepool in 1979.
Type 81, or Tribal Class, were ordered and built as Sloops to carry out similar duties to the immediate post war Improved Black Swan Sloops and Loch Class Frigates in the Gulf. In the mid 1960s the seven Tribals were reclassified as Second Class General-Purpose Frigates to maintain Frigate numbers. After the British withdrawal from East of Suez in 1971 the Tribals operated in the Nato North Atlantic sphere with the only update the fitting of Seacat missiles to all by 1977,limited by their single propeller and low speed of 24 knots. In 1979-80 age and crew and fuel shortages, saw them transferred to the stand by squadrons, three being reactivated in 1982 in the Falklands crisis for training and West Indian guardship duties.

[Little h]

Here I come read or not; light jackstay transfer Lynx F27 to Nubian F131 Beira Patrol

[jbryce1437]

A few more Tribal Class Frigates


Ashanti

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Eskimo

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Gurkha

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Mohawk

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Nubian

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Tartar

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Zulu

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[timlewin]

here are some of the launching of Ashanti by Lady Onslow, wife of the famous wartime captain of G51 Ashanti

[timlewin]

That is Admiral Onslow with his family, his son went on the serve in the RN as well.

[ivorthediver]

Here I come read or not; light jackstay transfer Lynx F27 to Nubian F131 Beira Patrol

Just goes to prove what I've said all along Harry ......indispensable

[DaveH]

Here I come read or not; light jackstay transfer Lynx F27 to Nubian F131 Beira Patrol

When was this Harry ??

[Little h]

Here I come read or not; light jackstay transfer Lynx F27 to Nubian F131 Beira Patrol

Just goes to prove what I've said all along Harry ......indispensable

No more indespensable that the four guys who had already transferred across ahead of me Ivor

[Little h]

Here I come read or not; light jackstay transfer Lynx F27 to Nubian F131 Beira Patrol

When was this Harry ??

1967 if memory serves correctly ye olde Ch.Tel.

Over several months we were transferred from each patrolling frigate to the next - started and finished on Relentless IICR.

[Brian James]

Type 81 or Tribal Class Frigate HMS Mohawk pictured off Portsmouth in May 1964.