The Type 61 Salisbury class were a class of British aircraft direction (or radar picket) frigates built for the Royal Navy. They were related to the Type 41 Leopard class frigates, but with reduced armament to make way for more aircraft direction equipment.
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | 2,170 tons standard 2,400 tons full load |
| Length: | 340 ft (100 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Propulsion: | 8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400 shp, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 24 kn (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 235 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Type 960 air search radar, later Type 965 AKE-2 Type 293Q target indication radar, later Type 993n Type 982 aircraft direction radar, later Type 986 Type 277Q height finding radar, later Type 278 Type 974 navigation radar, later Type 978 Type 285 fire control radar on director Mark 6M Type 262 fire control on STAAG mount Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF Type 174 search sonar Type 170 attack sonar |
| Armament: | 1 × twin 4.5 in gun Mark 6 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun STAAG Mark 2, later; 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.5; Llandaff & Chichester 1 × Sea Cat GWS-20 SAM; Lincoln & Salisbury 1 × Squid A/S mortar |
