This Whitby-class Type 12 frigate was designed for the RN in the early 1950s for ASW against the Warsaw Pact submarines. Blackpool was the last Whitby to be constructed and was loaned to the RNZN while HMNZS Canterbury was being built. In 1963-64 Blackpool went a major refit at Chatham and was commissioned for serviceContinue reading “Frigates – Type 12 Whitby Class –HMNZS Blackpool (F77) Includes some history and images of time in RNZN”
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Frigates – Type 12 Whitby Class- HMS/HMNZS Blackpool (F77)
HMS/HMNZS Blackpool was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy/Royal New Zealand Navy. Service history[edit] Blackpool was leader of the 6th Frigate Squadron between 1958 and 1960 and was commanded by Edward Ashmore.[1] Between 1962 and 1964 she was part of the 25th Escort squadron consisting of HMS Rothesay (Capt Place VC) (Capt D), HMS Cavendish, HMS Brighton, HMS Blackpool and HMS LlandaffContinue reading “Frigates – Type 12 Whitby Class- HMS/HMNZS Blackpool (F77)”
