WORLD OF WARSHIPS TYPE 14 2nd Rate ASW FRIGATES BLACKWOOD CLASS HMS MALCOLM F88

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The Type 14 Blackwood class were a 12 ship class of minimal "second-rate" anti-submarine warfare frigates. Built for the Royal NavY during the 1950s at a time of increasing threat from the Soviet Union's submarine fleet, they served until the late 1970s. Twelve ships of this class served with the Royal Navy and a further three were built for the Indian Navy.

The Type 14 frigates were designed to be cheaper and smaller than the expensive Type 12 frigates. Although they lacked gun armament, their anti-submarine armament of two Limbo mortars, Mk 20 torpedoes and sonar fit equalled the larger Type 12, and as the crews of the Type 14 concentrated almost entirely on practising anti-submarine warfare, they were often the most effective frigates in anti-submarine exercises until the mid 1960s. The class were entirely specialised for the anti-submarine role and hence had little capability in any other, though they did perform fishery protection duties during the confrontations with Iceland over fishing rights.

Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement 112 Range 5 – 6000 nmi
Sensors and processing systems
Radar Type 974 navigation
Radar Type 974 navigation
Sonar Type 174 search
Sonar Type 162 target classification
Sonar Type 170 targeting
Armament
3 40mmofors gun Mark 7 (quarterdeck mount later removed)
ASW Torpedoes later removed
2 triple sets MK 10 ASW Limbo mortars