Construction Programme
| Pennant | Name | Builder | Ordered | Laid Down | Launched | Accepted into service | Commissioned | Estimated building cost | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Navy | |||||||||
| F101 | Yarmouth | (a) & (b) John Brown and Co Ltd, Clydebank. | 29 November 1957 | 23 March 1959 | March 1960 | 26 March 1960 | £3,505,000 | Paid off 1984(?), sunk as target July 1987. | |
| F107 | Rothesay | (a) & (b) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow. | 6 November 1956 | 9 December 1957 | April 1960 | 23 April 1960 | £3,715,000 | Paid off 30 March 1988, sold for scrapping 1988. | |
| F108 | Londonderry | (a) & (b) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight. | 15 November 1956 | 20 May 1958 | July 1960 | 18 October 1961 | £3,570,000 | Paid off 29 March 1984, sunk as target 15 June 1989. | |
| F129 | Rhyl | (a) HM Dockyard, Portsmouth (b) English Electric Co Ltd, Rugby. |
29 January 1958 | 23 April 1959 | November 1960 | 31 October 1960 | £3,625,000 | Paid off 1983, sunk as target September 1985. | |
| F126 | Plymouth | (a) HM Dockyard, Devonport (b) English Electric Co Ltd, Rugby. |
1 July 1958 | 20 July 1959 | June 1961 | 11 May 1961 | £3,510,000 | Paid off 26 April 1988, transferred to Warship Preservation Trust April 1989, currently museum ship in Birkenhead | |
| F115 | Berwick | (a) & (b) Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast. | 16 June 1958 | 15 December 1959 | June 1961 | 1 June 1961 | £3,650,000 | Paid off 1985, sunk as target September 1986. | |
| F113 | Falmouth | (a) Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne (b) The Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne (b) Parsons Marine Turbines Co Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne. |
23 November 1957 | 15 December 1959 | July 1961 | 25 July 1961 | £3,805,000 | Paid off July 1980, sold for scrapping 1989. | |
| F103 | Lowestoft | (a) & (b) Alex Stephens and Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow. | 9 June 1958 | 23 June 1960 | October 1961 | 26 September 1961 | £3,510,000 | Paid off 1985, sunk as target 16 June 1986. | |
| F106 | Brighton | (a) & (b) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow. | 23 July 1957 | 30 October 1959 | October 1961 | 28 September 1961 | £3,600,000 | Paid off 1981(?), sold for scrapping 16 September 1985. | |
| Weymouth | (a) Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast. | 10 April 1959 | Cancelled 1960, and completed as the Leander-class frigate Leander. | ||||||
| Fowey | (a) Cammell Laird and Co (Shipbuilders and Engineers) Ltd, Birkenhead. | 19 October 1950 | Cancelled 1960, and completed as the Leander-class frigate Ajax. | ||||||
| Hastings (i) | (a) JI Thornycroft Ltd, Southampton. | February 1956 | To New Zealand February 1957 (see HMNZS Otago below). | ||||||
| Hastings (i) | (a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow. | 2 December 1959 | Cancelled 1960, and completed as the Leander-class frigate Dido. | ||||||
| Royal New Zealand Navy | |||||||||
| F111 | HMNZS Otago (ex Hastings) | (a) JI Thornycroft Ltd, Southampton. | February 1956 (for RN) February 1957 (for RNZN) |
5 September 1957 | 11 December 1958 | 22 June 1960 | Stricken 1982. | ||
| F148 | HMNZS Taranaki | (a) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight. | 27 June 1958 | 19 August 1959 | 28 March 1961 | Stricken 1982, sold. | |||
| South African Navy | |||||||||
| F150 | SAS President Kruger | (a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow. | 6 April 1960 | 21 October 1960 | 1 October 1962 | Sunk on 18 February 1982, after a collision at sea with the replenishment ship SAS Tafelberg. | |||
| F147 | SAS President Steyn | (a) Alex Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow. | 20 May 1960 | 23 November 1961 | 26 April 1963 | Paid off 1984. Sold for breaking up 1990. | |||
| F145 | SAS President Pretorius | (a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow. | 21 November 1960 | 28 September 1962 | 4 March 1964 | Paid off 1985, sold for breaking up 1990. | |||
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