"Leander" Class (Batch 1) Type 12 I (Improved) (but originally designated Type 81) General Purpose Frigate "HMS Leander", 2,500 tons, launched 1961, completed 1963. It is moored next to the frigate depot ship "HMS Defiance". It has been converted to the Australian Ikara ant-submarine missile system, the 4.5" gun turret having been removed. At the Plymouth Navy Day, Devonport Dockyard, 08/77.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/58433307@N08">Hugh Llewelyn</a> from Keynsham, UK
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