HMS Grafton (F51)
HMS Grafton | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Grafton |
| Namesake | Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton |
| Builder | JS White and Co Ltd |
| Laid down | 25 February 1953 |
| Launched | 13 February 1954 |
| Commissioned | 8 January 1957 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F51 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Blackwood-class frigate (Type 14 frigate) |
| Displacement | 1,456 long tons (1,479 t) full load |
| Length | 310 ft (94.5 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft; 1 steam turbine set |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range | 5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 140 |
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HMS Grafton was one of a dozen Blackwood-class frigate (also known as the Type 14 class) of second-rate anti-submarine frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.