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SIX LEANDERS Galatea Above: Missile ship SIX LEANDERS Galatea. Right: Charybdis. Below: Hermione. GALATEA: Since her conversion in Overpage, Left: Andromeda. September 1974 to the Ikara missile Right: Euryalus. Below: Naiad sails past Mount system, HMS Galatea has served in HERMIONE: First commissioned on Edgcumbe. North Atlantic and European waters. 17 September 1969, Hermione has The ship's programme for 1975 served in areas as far afield as the Far included visits to Harstad and Tromso engaged in a cat and mouse duel with Aegir. East (including Japan, Hong Kong and (Norway), Aarhus (Denmark), Den Most of March, April and May this year were Singapore) and the Arctic. More Helder (Holland), St. Jean de Luz ( again spent defending the trawlers. Despite recently she has operated within the France) and Gibraltar. In November frequent close quarters situations with Icelandic Arctic Circle, shadowing Russian the ship visited Hull to receive the gunboats, the ship was only involved in one warships which were taking part in Freedom of the City. Soon afterwards, collision and the damage suffered was minor. major exercises. Hermione went into and at very short notice, HMS Galatea Since the Armastice, HMS Galatea has visited refit in Devonport in Autumn 1975 and headed north to assist in the Copenhagen and Dunkirk and participated in a has just emerged. protection of British trawlers off major national exercise. Iceland. Within minutes of her arrival CHARYBDIS is another Leander in the disputed fishing grounds, HMS that has recently completed a refit. Galatea was She has held her sea trials, and her AjNEIL. appearance at Navy Days follows a EURYALUS has recently completed visit to Swansea. a three-year Ikara conversion refit. ANDROMEDA was launched in Since commissioning in March 1976 Portsmouth in May 1967. Her the ship has been carrying out present commission started in March extensive sea trials to prove all the last year and since then the ship has equipment fitted ranging from engine visited ports in the Mediterranean, trials to armament firings. All trials Northern Europe and the UK. Since have proved successful and after December Andromeda's main role Navy Days Euryalus commences a THE LEANDERS: There are 26 of has been in the fishing dispute with work-up period at Portland. the highly-successful Leander Iceland. The ship has completed class frigates in service with the three patrols which took in the NAIAD: Since completing her Ikara Royal Navy. They are designed to Christmas and Easter holiday conversion last year Naiad has had a hunt down and destroy highspeed periods. Andromeda had many busy year. Her work-up at Portland submarines in all weathers and, as skirmishes with the Icelandic was reduced and she sailed for general-purpose ships, they can coastguard vessels and suffered Icelandic waters in January 1976 for engage ships, aircraft and shore superficial damage in collisions with Cod War duties. It was during her targets. The Leanders have a Odinn and Tyr. However she third patrol that she sustained the displacement of 2,800 tons and a remained in the disputed fishing damage pictured on the previous complement of 17 officers, 58 grounds protecting British trawlers. page. The ship then went on her first senior and 185 junior ratings, The ship is presently undergoing a foreign visit this commission to although the Ikara Leanders need short maintenance period before Amsterdam in July and will deploy to fewer crew. They are 372 feet long proceeding to sea again in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean and draw 18 feet. Some are 41 feet September. in the Autumn. in the beam and some 43 feet. THE FRIGATE is the smallest unit of the Fleet that can be deployed SHIPS AND THEIR WEAPONS independently world-wide, to provide a presence and be the traditional " provides us with a much improved air has already been launched — will carry main of all work". The Leander class defence capability, and is one of the the Lynx helicopter, improved is the backbone of our frigate force most advanced missile systems in the submarine detection equipment and and most are fitted with a 4.5 inch world. Sheffield is also fitted with Exocet. They will defend themselves medium range gun and the Seacat Scot, the Royal Navy's latest with Sea Wolf, a short range surface to close range missile system. These shipborne satellite communications air guided missile system which will ships also carry a Wasp helicopter terminal. destroy fast, low-flying missiles. which can fire air to surface missiles However, the most important at high speed targets such as missiles surface ships of the future will be the or torpedo boats. In addition, in the AIRCRAFT CARRIER At all anti-submarine cruisers. The first ship antisubmarine role the Wasp carries levels of hostilities, the fixed wing of the class, HMS Invincible, is now two homing torpedoes and can be aircraft carrier Ark Royal provides building at Vickers in Barrow. Aship controlled to attack submarines up to the most powerful overt deterrence such as this provides easily the cost- ten miles from the ship. The new anti- that the Royal Navy can deploy. She effective means of deploying essential submarine missile Ikara has been will continue in service until the late anti-submarine helicopters to sea in fitted to two of the Leanders in the 1970s and during these years her worthwhile numbers and she will also Navy Days and later conversions are Buccaneers and Phantoms will provide command and control being fitted with the Exocet surface to provide a potent attack and air facilities, a Seadart missile system and surface missile system. defence capability, while a squadron can operate the Harrier vertical take- ofSea King helicopters provides an off aircraft. TYPE 21 FRIGATE HMS Amazon, essential element in the anti- This aircraft will provide limited air the first of the Type 21 class, joined submarine warfare defence of the cover for the fleet outside the range of the fleet in May 1974 and has greater force. shore bases and will carry out that vital speed and needs fewer men than the initial task of shooting down the Leanders. It is fitted with the new 4.5 shadower, upon which the Russian inch quick firing gun, the latest NEW CONSTRUCTION: A new long-range missile armed ships and version of Seacat and will bring to sea class of frigate called the Type 22 the submarines depend for target the new Lynx helicopter which has first of which, HMS Broadsword information. better speed and range than the Wasp and is designed to attack submarines with lightweight torpedoes. Later ships in the class are also being fitted Salisbury — from Gibraltar to with Exocet missiles. Because of the smaller comple- ments and advanced designs in ships The aircraft direction frigate, HMS answered an S.O.S. from a small like the Type 21 it has been found Salisbury was the first ship to be laid coaster, called Katerina, which had that there is a greater need than ever down in Devonport Dockyard after the broken down in heavy seas and was to train officers and ratings to the war and was launched on 25 June wallowing badly. After she was peak of efficiency in their 1953. located by an R.A.F. Nimrod, professional skills. Salisbury is one of four Cathedral Salisbury took her in tow and class ships which have a tonnage of proceeded to Malta. This THE COUNTY class destroyers just over 2,000 tons and a undoubtedly saved the Katerina and have a standard displacement of some complement of approximately 200 probably the lives of the crew. 5,000 tons and a complement of 485 officers and men. Her length is 340 men. They carry 4.5 inch guns, a feet and beam 40 feet. Salisbury is Fitted with several high- Wessex anti-submarine helicopter, the powered by eight Admiralty standard powered, long-range radar sets, Seaslug medium range surface to air diesels (four per shaft) driving her armament is a 4.5 Mark 6 missile and some of the class are through an oil-operated gear box. semiautomatic turret forward, a 'S being fitted with the Exocet surface to This gives her a top speed of about e ac at' missile launcher aft and a surface missile system. 24 knots. triple-barrelled mortar. Recently Salisbury has been heavily TYPE 42 DESTROYER HMS involved in the cod war, when she There are four of the Type 61 Sheffield, the first of the new type carried out some very successful frigates in the class. They are used of destroyer to replace the County patrols. primarily for the direction of carrier- class, carries the new 4.5 inch quick Last Christmas she was employed borne and shore-based aircraft. firing gun, a Lynx helicopter and the as Gibraltar guard ship and on Seadart missile system. Seadart completion visited Malta, where she twelve Not all Leanders look alike. This trio at Devonport are, from left to right, Scylla with 4.5 gun turret, Euryalus with Ikara missile system and Cleopatra with the Cod War Exocet missiles (before launcher-containers were fitted). HMS Salisbury ON THE LAWN 5 p.m. Lawn display in front of Wardroom of the Royal Naval Barracks. Reviewing Officer Massed Bands arrives The Massed Bands of the Royal Marines will give a display of The Reviewing Officer arrives and is marching and countermarching, at the received with a salute from the end of which the guard will present Ceremonial Guard provided by HMS arms and the band will perform Hermes, and the Massed Bands of Her ceremonial sunset. Majesty's Royal Marines. Field gun competition Reviewing Officers SATURDAY: Commodore J.
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