HMS Berwick (F115)

The HMS Berwick before the St. Mark's Square
Overview
Type	frigate
Shipyard	Harland & Wolff
Keel laying	June 16, 1958
Launch	December 15, 1959
1. Period of service
Commissioning	June 1, 1961
Decommissioning	1985
Whereabouts	Sunk August 18, 1988 as a target ship
Technical specifications
displacement	2150  ts
length	113 m
width	12 m
Draft	5.3 m
speed	30 knots (56 km / h)
Range	9600 km
Bunker quantity	400 t
Armament	1 × 4.5in twin gun 1 × 40mm Bofors gun 2 × limbo mortars

The HMS Berwick was a Rothesay-class frigate of the British Navy .

history

The Berwick , like ten Royal Navy ships before her, was named after the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed . It was built by Harland & Wolff for anti-submarine combat and entered service in 1961. The ship took part in the Beira Patrol and brought up the Greek tanker Manuela on April 9, 1966 , who had loaded oil for Rhodesia . In 1967 the ship was equipped with a helicopter landing deck.

In 1977 the Berwick took part with the HMS Plymouth and the HMS Rothesay in the fleet parade for the 25th anniversary of the throne of Elizabeth II .

After she was decommissioned in 1985, the HMS Berwick was sunk on August 18, 1986 as a target ship by a Mk 24 Tigerfish torpedo of the submarine HMS Tireless (S88) .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mare Time Quest HMS Berwick. Retrieved January 8, 2010 . 

Web link

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