Leander-class frigate
Construction programme
Royal Navy

Leander-class frigate

Section Title: Construction programme
Table Section Text: Royal Navy

Pennant	Name	(a) Hull builder (b) Main machinery manufacturers	Laid down	Launched	Accepted into service	Commissioned	Estimated building cost	Conversion group

First 10, Y-100 machinery

F109	Leander	(a) & (b) Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast.	10 April 1959	28 June 1961	March 1963	27 March 1963	£4,630,000	Ikara

F104	Dido	(a) & (b) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow.	2 December 1959	22 December 1961	September 1963	18 September 1963	£4,600,000	Ikara

F127	Penelope	(a) Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd, Newcastle (b) Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness	14 March 1961	17 August 1962	November 1963	31 October 1963	£4,600,000	Exocet/Seacat

F114	Ajax	(a) & (b) Cammell Laird & Co (Shipbuilders and Engineers) Ltd, Birkenhead.	19 October 1959	16 August 1962	December 1963	10 December 1963	£4,800,000	Ikara

F10	Aurora	(a) & (b) John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank	1 June 1961	28 November 1962	April 1964	9 April 1964	£4,650,000	Ikara

F18	Galatea	(a) Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne (b) The Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne (steam turbines) (b) Parsons Marine Turbines Co Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne (gearing).	29 December 1961	23 May 1963	April 1964	25 April 1964	£4,500,000	Ikara

F15	Euryalus	(a) Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock (b) Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd (steam turbines) (b) Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Glasgow (gearing).	2 November 1961	6 June 1963	September 1964	16 September 1964	£4,350,000	Ikara

F39	Naiad	(a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow (b) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow (steam turbines) (b) Parsons Marine Turbines Co Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne (gearing).	30 October 1962	4 November 1963	March 1965	15 March 1965	£4,750,000	Ikara

F38	Arethusa	(a) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight (b) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight (steam turbines) (b) Parsons Marine Turbines Co Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne (gearing).	7 September 1962	5 November 1963	November 1965	24 November 1965	£4,850,000	Ikara

F28	Cleopatra	(a) HM Dockyard, Devonport (b) Cammell Laird & Co (Shipbuilders & Engineers) Ltd, Birkenhead (turbines) (b) John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank (gearing).	19 June 1963	25 March 1964	February 1966	4 January 1966	£5,300,000	Exocet/Seacat

Second 6, Y-136 machinery

F42	Phoebe	(a) Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow (b) Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow (steam turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing).	3 June 1963	8 July 1964	April 1966	15 April 1966	£4,750,000	Exocet/Seacat

F45	Minerva	(a) Vickers Ltd, Shipbuilding Group, Newcastle (b) Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow (steam turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing).	26 July 1963	19 December 1964	May 1966	14 May 1966	£4,700,000	Exocet/Seacat

F40	Sirius	(a) HM Dockyard, Portsmouth (b) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight (turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing).	9 August 1963	22 September 1964	June 1966	15 June 1966	£5,600,000	Exocet/Seacat

F52	Juno	(a) JI Thornycroft Ltd, Southampton (b) JI Thornycroft Ltd, Southampton (steam turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing)	16 July 1964	24 November 1965	July 1967	18 July 1967	£5,020,000	Training

F56	Argonaut	(a) Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn (b) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight (steam turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing).	27 November 1964	8 February 1966	September 1967	17 August 1967	£5,000,000	Exocet/Seacat

F47	Danae	(a) HM Dockyard, Devonport (b) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight (steam turbines) (b) Fairfields (Glasgow) Ltd (gearing).	16 December 1964	31 October 1965	October 1967	7 September 1967	£5,720,000	Exocet/Seacat

Broad-beamed Leander Y-160 machinery

F75	Charybdis	(a) Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast (b) Vickers Ltd, Engineering Group, Barrow-in-Furness.	27 January 1967	28 February 1968	June 1969	2 June 1969	£6,330,000	Exocet/Seawolf

F58	Hermione	(a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow (b) Alex Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow (steam turbines) (b) Vickers Ltd, Engineering Group, Barrow-in-Furness (gearing).	6 December 1965	26 April 1967	July 1969	11 July 1969	£6,400,000	Exocet/Seawolf

F60	Jupiter	(a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow (b) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight (steam turbines) (b) Vickers Ltd, Engineering Group, Barrow-in-Furness (gearing).	3 October 1966	4 September 1967	August 1969	9 August 1969	£6,100,000	Exocet/Seawolf

F69	Bacchante	(a) Vickers Ltd, Shipbuilding Group, Newcastle (b) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight (steam turbines) (b) Vickers Ltd, Engineering Group, Barrow-in-Furness (gearing).	27 October 1966	29 February 1968	October 1969	17 October 1969	£6,200,000	Gun

F57	Andromeda	(a) HM Dockyard, Portsmouth (b) JS White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight (steam turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd, Huddersfield (gearing).	25 May 1966	24 May 1967	December 1969	2 December 1968	£6,700,000	Exocet/Seawolf

F71	Scylla	(a) HM Dockyard, Devonport (b) JS White & Co Ltd (turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd (gearing).	17 May 1967	8 August 1968	February 1970	12 February 1970	£6,600,000	Exocet/Seawolf

F12	Achilles	(a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow (b) JS White & Co Ltd (turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd (gearing).	1 December 1967	21 November 1968	July 1970	9 July 1970	£6,270,000	Gun

F16	Diomede	(a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow (b) JS White & Co Ltd (turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd (gearing).	30 January 1968	15 April 1969	April 1971	2 April 1971	£5,980,000	Gun

F70	Apollo	(a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow (b) JS White & Co Ltd (turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd (gearing).	1 May 1969	15 October 1970	10 June 1972	28 May 1972	£6,573,000	Gun

F72	Ariadne	(a) Yarrow & Co Ltd, Glasgow (b) JS White & Co Ltd (turbines) (b) David Brown & Co Ltd (gearing).	1 November 1969	10 September 1971	10 February 1973	10 February 1973	£6,576,000	Gun

Sentence(s)

Two of the Leanders with Y-100 machinery and five out of the six with Y-136 machinery, were given the "Exocet" conversion.

final_sentence: Two of the Leanders with Y-100 machinery and five out of the six with Y-136 machinery, were given the "Exocet" conversion.