Type 16 frigate

Type 16 frigate

The Type 16 frigates were a class of British anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy. They were based on the hulls of World War II-era destroyers that had been rendered obsolete by rapid advances in technology. They were similar in concept to the Type 15 frigate, but were a far more limited and useful design rendered necessary by budget constraints.

hips

Ex-O class destroyers of the Pakistan Navy "Onslow" / "Tippu Sultan" and "Onslaught" / "Tughril" were returned to the UK between 1957 and 1959 to be converted along the lines of the Type 16 frigate.

ee also

*War Emergency Programme destroyers: The destroyer building programme that the Type 16 frigates were converted from
*Type 15 frigate a more extensive conversion of destroyer hulls than the Type 16

Bibliography

* "Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983" Leo Marriot, Ian Allan, 1983, ISBN 0-7110-1322-5


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