WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS WHITBY TYPE 12 WHITBY CLASS A/S FRIGATE

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HMS Whitby was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom built by Cammell Laird and Co Ltd, Birkenhead. She was launched on 2 July 1954 and commissioned on 10 July 1956.

During 1966 she saw service in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. In 1968 she undertook fishery protection duties off the coast of Greenland - the first ship to have visited those waters since 1966. In 1968 she took part in 'Navy Days' at Portsmouth Dockyard.

Commissioned on 10 July 1956; she was decommissioned in 1974 and scrapped in 1979.

Armament:
1 twin 4.5 in (114 mm) gun Mark 6
1 twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 2 STAAG, later;
1 single 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 7
2 Limbo A/S mortar Mark 10
12 21 in A/S torpedo tubes (removed or never shipped)