WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS MERMAID F 76 PATROL FRIGATE

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HMS Mermaid (F76) was a patrol frigate, built for the Ghana Navy as Black Star but cancelled, launched in 1966 but unused until purchased by the Royal Navy in 1972. Sold to the Royal Malaysian Navy asK DHang Tuahin 1977, later refitted as a training ship.

Fitted with diesel engines same as types 61 and 41 as well as same hull design, the top speed was 24 knots and a crew of 177.Mermaid served as Guard ship to Singapore and would provide guard ship duties for Hing Kong rerplacing HMS Chichester.

Displacement: 2,300 long tons (2,337 t) standard

Length: 103.5 m (339 ft 7 in)

Beam: 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)

Draught: 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)

Propulsion: 8 16-cylinder diesels, 14,400 shp (10,738 kW), 2 shafts

Speed: 24 knots (28 mph; 44 km/h)

Complement 177

Sensors and processing systems: Plessey AWS1 air search radar
Decca 45 radars
Graseby Type 170B
Type 174 hull mounted sonar
UA-3 EW intercept

Armament:2 4 inch Mk 16 twin guns fwd
4 40 mm Bofors guns
MK 10 Squid triple barrel anti-submarine mortars

Aviation facilities Helicopter landing platform Wasp ASW, OTH RECON