The Type 12 or Whitby-class frigates were a six-ship class of anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy, which entered service late in the 1950s...
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the Admiralty C. Ian Orr-Ewing stated that the "Type 12 Whitby-class anti-submarine frigates are proving particularly successful ... and we have decided...
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frigates) and the Royal New Zealand Navy. The original Type 12 frigates, the Whitby class, were designed as first-rate ocean-going convoy escorts in the...
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The Type 61 Salisbury class was a class of the Royal Navy aircraft direction (AD) frigate, built in the 1950s.[page needed] The purpose of the aircraft...
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was the first major class of warship designed and built in Canada. They were analogous to the British Type 12 Whitby-class frigate, intended for the same...
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HMS Whitby was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom built by Cammell Laird and Co Ltd, Birkenhead...
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HMS Torquay (F43) (category Whitby-class frigates)
HMS Torquay was a Type 12 Whitby-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. They were the first frigates to have the "V" form hull. This evolutionary design...
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HMS Tenby (F65) (category Whitby-class frigates)
HMS Tenby was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. The Whitbys were designed as specialist anti-submarine...
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HMS Eastbourne (F73) (category Whitby-class frigates)
HMS Eastbourne was a Whitby-class, or Type 12, anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. The Whitbys were designed as specialist...
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The Talwar-class (lit. 'Sword') frigates or Project 11356 are a class of stealth guided missile frigates designed and built by Russia for the Indian Navy...
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HMS Blackpool (F77) (category Whitby-class frigates)
HMS Blackpool was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy. Blackpool was leader of the 6th Frigate Squadron between 1958 and...
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the Atlantic, embodied in the Whitby-class Type 12 frigates. As a result, the orders for the new diesel-electric frigates were cancelled, changed to orders...
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The Project-17 Bravo frigates (P-17B) or Next Generation Frigates (NGF) are a class of planned stealth guided-missile frigates to be built for the Indian...
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voice actor Kevin Whitby, in the Harry Potter novels (mentioned once) Whitby-class frigate, class of six Royal Navy ships HMS Whitby, the name of two ships...
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1971. He later commanded the submarine base INS Virbahu and the Whitby-class frigate INS Trishul (F143). After promotion to flag rank, he served as the...
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HMS Scarborough (L25) was a Hastings-class sloop launched in 1930 and sold in 1949. HMS Scarborough (F63) was a Whitby-class frigate launched in 1955 and sold to...
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The Nilgiri-class frigates, formally classified as the Project-17 Alpha frigates (P-17A), are a series of stealth guided-missile frigates currently being...
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Whitby-class frigate Rothesay-class frigate Leander-class frigate Blackwood-class frigate Leopard-class frigate Salisbury-class frigate Tribal-class frigate...
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or Tribal class, frigates were ordered and built as sloops to carry out similar duties to the immediate post war improved Black Swan-class sloops and...
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The River class was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic. The majority...
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frigate over submarine. The frigate could no longer be slow and powered by mercantile machinery and consequently postwar frigates, such as the Whitby...
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retained the latter name HMS Whitby (F36) was a Whitby-class frigate launched in 1954 and sold for scrapping in 1978. HMCS Whitby This article includes a list...
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HMS Scarborough (F63) (category Whitby-class frigates)
HMS Scarborough was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. She was named after the town of Scarborough...
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constructed during the 1960s. The first Type 12 frigates, designed as convoy escorts, were later named the Whitby class. Six operated in the Royal Navy, with one...
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This is a list of frigate classes of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom (and the individual ships composed within those classes) in chronological order...
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This list of frigate classes includes all post–World War II frigate classes listed alphabetically. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q...
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Type 12 Whitby class - 2 decommissioned Type 41 Leopard class - 3 decommissioned Nilgiri-class frigate - 6 decommissioned Godavari-class frigate - 3 decommissioned...
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HMS Tenby (J34) was a Bangor-class minesweeper launched in 1941 and sold in 1948. HMS Tenby (F65) was a Whitby-class frigate launched in 1955. She was sold...
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The Shivalik class or Project 17 class is a class of multi-role frigates in service with the Indian Navy. They are the first warships designed with low...
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the Indian Navy operated frigates from the Blackwood, Whitby, Leopard, Leander, and Nilgiri classes. The Nilgiri-class frigates were the first major warships...
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