HMS Falmouth (F113)
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| Name: | HMS Falmouth |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson |
| Laid down: | 23 November 1957 |
| Launched: | 15 December 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 25 July 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | July 1984 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F113 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1989 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
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| Class & type: | Rothesay-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,800 tons |
| Length: | 370 ft |
| Beam: | 41 ft |
| Draught: | 17 ft 4 in |
| Propulsion: |
2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers operating at 550lb sq. in, 850°F English Electric geared turbines, 2 shafts, 30000 shafts horsepower |
| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 235 |
| Armament: |
2 × 4.5" dual purpose on a Mk VI mounting 1 x 40mm on STAGG mounting 2 x Limbo Mortar Mk 10 Mountings |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × Wasp helicopter |
HMS Falmouth was a Rothesay or Type 12I class anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy.
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Operational Service
Falmouth was leader of the 30th Escort Squadron between 1963 and 1965. She later took part in the Cod War in 1976, ramming one of the Icelandic gun boats.
Commanding officers
| From | To | Captain |
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| 1963 | 1965 | Captain Donald V M Macleod RN[1] |
| 1966 | 1967 | Commander I A Wright RN[2] |
| 27 April 1967 | 2 August 1968 | Commander D W Brown RN[3] |
| during 1976 | Captain Gerald Plumer RN | |
| 1979 | 1979 | Commander C L Quarrie AFC RN |
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