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Usual neat die-cast model of the name ship (Pennant No F107) of the Rothesay class type 12 frigates. These were forerunners of the Leander class and re-built to their standards. All were completed 1960/1Basic info:Displacement 2800 tnsDimensions: 113m x 13m x 5mSpeed 30 knotsArmament 2 x 4.5" guns, 2 x 20mm gins, 1 Sea Cat Missile System, 1 Mortar Mk 10, 1 Wasp helicopterCreww 200
New release of Type 12 frigate HMS Brighton (Pennant No F106) of the Rothesay. Forerunner of the Leander class and re-built to their standards. Completed 1960/1Basic info:Displacement 2800 tnsDimensions: 113m x 13m x 5mSpeed 30 knotsArmament 2 x 4.5" guns, 2 x 20mm gins, 1 Sea Cat Missile System, 1 Mortar Mk 10, 1 Wasp helicopterCrew 200
Fourth member of the class to be modelled, F101 Yarmouth was built by John Brown & Co. Ltd/Clydebank in 1960, powered by turbines max speed 30 knots.Basic info:Displacement 2800 tnsDimensions: 113m x 13m x 5mSpeed 30 knotsArmament 2 x 4.5" guns, 2 x 20mm gins, 1 Sea Cat Missile System, 1 Mortar Mk 10, 1 Wasp helicopterCreww 200
The Whitby class (or Type 12) Frigate included 6 ships for the Royal Navy. Designed as anti-submarine frigates. Eastbourne was built by Vickers Armstrong in 1958,becoming a training ship in 1972 only to become embroiled in the 'Cod Wars' off Iceland in 1976 where a collision with the ICGV BALDUR left her classified as no longer seaworthy. Decommissioned in 1984.Max. 2600t displacement, length 110m x 12m, max. 30 knots turbine driven via 2 propellers.
Sister to Eastbourne, Blackpool spent part of her career 'down under' leased to the Australian Navy 1966 - 71. Withdrawn 1978.
A 1/1250 scale model of HMS Salisbury by Albatros SM Alk342.
Frigate, Type 61, completed in 1957. Builder: HM Dockyard Devonport, displacement 2170t,max 2400 t with a full load, 100m length x 12m. Diesel drive, 24 kn.Equipped with a battery of radars and used in many promotions of theRoyal Navy, then as a harbour training ship from 1980 and finally sunk as a target 1985!