HMS Jupiter (F60)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Jupiter |
| Namesake | Jupiter |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 3 October 1966 |
| Launched | 4 September 1967 |
| Commissioned | 9 August 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 22 April 1992 |
| Identification | F60 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Leander-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load |
| Length | 113.4 m (372 ft) |
| Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range | 4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 223 |
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HMS Jupiter (F60) was a Batch 3 Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was, like the rest of the class, named after a figure of mythology. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun, she was launched on 4 September 1967 and commissioned on 9 August 1969.