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Type 21 Amazon Class (1974) FG Specification 

Crew :

192. To Type 21 Amazon Class (1974) FG Ships :
Displacement : 3,600 tons (full load)

Dimensions :

117.0 x 12.7 x 5.8 metres (384ft x 41ft 9in x 19ft)
Range : 4,000nm @ 17kts;
1,200nm @ 30kts.

Sensors :

Radar;
Type 992Q surface / low level air search
Type 912 fire control
Type 978 navigation

Sonar;
Type 184 medium range search
Type 162M bottom search.

Armament : 1 x 4in Mk 8 gun;
2 x 20mm guns;
4 x MM38 Exocet SSM (Except Amazon and Antelope);
1 x Seacat GWS24 Quad SAM launcher;
2 x triple torpedo tubes (Mk46, Mk48, later Stingray);
1 x light helicopter (Lynx).
Power plant : 2 shaft COGOG;
2 x Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B boost gas turbines, 56,000 shp;
2 x Rolls Royce Tyne RM1A cruise gas turbines, 8,500 shp.

Max Speed :

30kts Olympus;
17kts cruise Tyne.
This page last edited - 01 April, 2013.

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