Leander Class Frigates - Fate

Royal Navy
Pennant Name Commissioned Major refits Fate
Batch 1 (Ikara conversion)
F109 Leander 27 March 1963 Sunk as target 1989
F104 Dido 18 September 1963 To New Zealand as HMNZS Southland 1983, paid out 1995 and sold for scrap
F114 Ajax 10 December 1963 Scrapped 1988
F10 Aurora 9 April 1964 Scrapped 1990
F18 Galatea 25 April 1964 Sunk as target 1988
F15 Euryalus 16 September 1964 Sold for scrap 1990
F39 Naiad 15 March 1965 Sunk as target 1990
F38 Arethusa 24 November 1965 Sunk as target 1991
Batch 2 (Exocet conversion)
F127 Penelope 31 October 1963 To Ecuador 1991 as Presidente Eloy Alfaro.
F28 Cleopatra 4 January 1966 Sold for scrap 1993
F42 Phoebe 15 April 1966 Sold for scrap 1992
F45 Minerva 14 May 1966 Sold for scrap 1993
F40 Sirius 15 June 1966 Sunk as target 1998
F56 Argonaut 17 August 1967 Sold for scrap 1995
F47 Danae 7 September 1967 To Ecuador 1991 as MorĂ¡n Valverde. She was decommissioned in 2008, and put up for sale in December 2009.
Batch 2
F52 Juno 18 July 1967 Sold for scrap 1994
Batch 3A / broad-beamed Leander (Sea Wolf conversion)
F75 Charybdis 2 June 1969 Sunk as target 1993
F58 Hermione 11 July 1969 Sold for scrap 1997
F60 Jupiter 9 August 1969 Sold for scrap 1997
F57 Andromeda 2 December 1968 To India 1995 as training ship, Krishna. Decommissioned 24 May 2012.
F71 Scylla 12 February 1970 Sunk as artificial reef off Whitsand Bay 2004
Batch 3B / broad-beamed Leander
F69 Bacchante 17 October 1969 To New Zealand 1982 as Wellington, sunk as artificial reef in Cook Strait 2005
F12 Achilles 9 July 1970 To Chile 1990 as Ministro Zenteno, in reserve from 2006. Washed out to sea by a tsunami and scuttled, 2010
F16 Diomede 2 April 1971 Extensive refit between 1991 and 1993. To Pakistan 1988 as Shamsher, retired pre-2007 to salvage spare parts for Zulfiqar.
F70 Apollo 28 May 1972 Extensive refit between 1991 and 1993. To Pakistan 1988 as Zulfiquar, retired from Pakistani service 4 January 2007. Sunk as target 12 March 2010
F72 Ariadne 10 February 1973 To Chile 1992 as General Baquedano, sunk as target 2004

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