HMS Leander (F109)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Leander
- Type
- Frigate
- Class
- Leander-class frigate
- Pennant Number
- F109
- Launched
- 1961
- Built at
- Yarrow Shipbuilders
- Commissioned
- 1963
- Armament
- Guns, missiles, ASW weapons
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Frigate
- Notable for
- Lead ship of her class
- Fate
- Decommissioned in 1989
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Leander was the lead ship of one of the most successful and influential Royal Navy frigate classes of the Cold War.