Английская Википедия:HMS Mohawk (F125)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsШаблон:Service recordHMS Mohawk was a Шаблон:Sclass2 of the Royal Navy in service from 1963. She was named after a tribe of Native Americans located in southeast Canada and New York State. Mohawk was scrapped in 1983.
Design and construction
The Tribal-, or Type 81-class, frigates were developed in the mid-1950s as a General Purpose frigate, capable of use in both anti-submarine and anti-aircraft duties in a full-scale war, while serving for Cold War policing duties in peace-time,[1][2] in particular to replace the old Шаблон:Sclass2s serving in the Persian Gulf.[3]
The Tribals were Шаблон:Convert long overall and Шаблон:Convert between perpendiculars, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert.[3][4][5] The ship's hull had a draught of Шаблон:Convert,[6] with the propeller increasing overall draught to Шаблон:Convert.[5] Displacement was Шаблон:Convert standard and Шаблон:Convert full load.[3][5] Propulsion was by a single-shaft Combined steam and gas (COSAG) arrangement, effectively half of the powerplant of the Шаблон:Sclass2s. A single Babcock & Wilcox boiler fed steam at Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert to a geared steam turbine rated at Шаблон:Convert, which could be supplemented by a Metrovick G-6 gas turbine rated at Шаблон:Convert to reach top speed, with the gas turbine also allowing the ship to get underway quickly in an emergency, without having to wait to raise steam.[3][1] Speed was about Шаблон:Convert using both steam and gas turbine power,[3][5] and Шаблон:Convert on steam power alone.[2]
The ships were fitted with two QF 4.5-in (113 mm) Mark 5 guns, salvaged from scrapped Second World War destroyers, mounted fore and aft. It was intended to fit two Seacat anti-aircraft missile launchers, but these were not ready in time, and Gurkha completed with two 40 mm Bofors guns instead, with Seacat replacing the Bofors guns on refit. For anti-submarine and anti-ship duties, a hangar and flight deck for a single Westland Wasp helicopter was fitted, while a Limbo anti-submarine mortar provided close-in anti-submarine armament.[3][7] Mohawk was fitted with a large Type 965 long range air search radar on a lattice foremast, with a Type 993 short range air/surface target indicating radar and Type 978 navigation radar also fitted. An MRS3 fire control system was carried to direct the 4.5-inch guns.[8] The ship had a sonar suite of Type 177 medium range search sonar, Type 162 bottom search and Type 170 attack sonar.[4] The ship had a crew of 253 officers and other ranks.[3][5]
Mohawk was built by Vickers, of Barrow-in-Furness,[3] at a cost of £4,705,000.[9] She was laid down on 23 December 1960, was launched on 5 April 1962 and commissioned on 29 November 1963.[3] Her construction had been disrupted by a labour dispute.[10]
Operational Service
In 1965, Mohawk deployed to the Persian Gulf.[11] She joined the Beira Patrol, intended to enforce an oil blockade of Rhodesia, in 1966. The following year, Mohawk deployed to the West Indies and the Mediterranean, becoming the Gibraltar guardship in 1968. By 1969, Mohawk had returned to the West Indies.Шаблон:Citation needed
Mohawk underwent a conversion to accommodate her planned utilisation as a training ship. The refit entailed the removal of MohawkШаблон:'s aft 4.5-inch gun and the conversion of her hangar to a classroom, but the process was abandoned.[12] In 1973, Mohawk and the destroyer Шаблон:HMS relieved the destroyer Шаблон:HMS and frigate Шаблон:HMS in the Far East Squadron. Mohawk contributed to the Beira Patrol before returning to Britain in 1973. Later that year she embarked on a tour of the Norwegian coast. She was called onto assist in the search for Шаблон:Ship, a fishing vessel that went missing in the Barents Sea.Шаблон:Citation needed
In 1974, Mohawk served in the West Indies and the Mediterranean. In 1977, Mohawk joined Naval On-call Force of the Mediterranean (NAVOCFORMED), a NATO multi-national squadron.Шаблон:Citation needed Later that year, Mohawk formed part of a task force designated "Group 6", led by the cruiser Шаблон:HMS, that toured the Middle and Far East.[13] During the group's return journey the following year, Mohawk suffered hull damage in the port of Valletta, Malta after slipping her moorings early.Шаблон:Citation needed
In 1979, Mohawk was reduced to the reserve and allocated to the Standby Squadron. After being placed on the disposal list in 1981.[14] Mohawk was sold for scrap and broken up at Cairnryan.[15]
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Harvnb
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Harvnb
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 3,7 3,8 Шаблон:Harvnb
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Harvnb
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 Шаблон:Harvnb
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- ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
- ↑ "A-Submarine Cost Revised". The Times (56304): Col F, p 8. 24 April 1965.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite hansard
- ↑ Commissioning Book, HMS Mohawk 1964-1965, Gale and Polden, Portsmouth
- ↑ Шаблон:Harvnb
- ↑ Gough, Richard (2003), The Weapon Director, p. 2
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite hansard
- ↑ Colledge & Warlow (2010), p. 265
