HMS Keppel (F85)
Blackwood-class frigate HMS Keppel, February 1972 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Keppel |
| Namesake | Augustus Keppel |
| Builder | Yarrow, Scotstoun |
| Laid down | 27 March 1953 |
| Launched | 31 August 1954 |
| Commissioned | 6 July 1956 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F85 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1979 |
| 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 Keppel (F85) 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. She was named for Augustus Keppel, who served during the Seven Years' War and was admiral of the Western Squadron during the American War of Independence.