Frigate Aurora was commissioned for service in Royal Navy at Clydebank yard of John Brown and Co; length oa 372 ft, breadth 41 ft, draft 13 ft 3 in., displacement 2300 tons; main gun armament comprises two 4.5-in. dual purpose guns in twin fully automatic turret forward of bridge and controlled from radar equipped director mounted over enclosed bridge; 3-barrelled Limbo ahead throwing weapon and helicopter armed with homing torpedoes are provided; provisional 40-mm Bofors guns will later be replaced by 2 quadruple Seacat launchers firing sea-to-air guided missiles; double reduction geared impulse turbines of 30,000 shp turn twin shafts for sea speed slightly in excess of 30 knots.


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    Title :

    Ninth Aurora, completed at Clydebank


    Additional title:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Published in:

    Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 103 , n 19 ; p 623-624


    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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