page_title: Blackwood-class frigate
hierarchical_section_title: Blackwood-class frigate
caption_attribution_description: English: HMS Exmouth in 1972.
context_page_description: The Type 14 Blackwood class were a ship class of minimal "second-rate" anti-submarine warfare frigates. Built for the Royal Navy during the 1950s at a time of increasing threat from the Soviet Union's submarine fleet, they served until the late 1970s. Twelve ships of this class served with the Royal Navy and a further three were built for the Indian Navy.
context_section_description: The Type 14 Blackwood class were a ship class of minimal "second-rate" anti-submarine warfare frigates.  Built for the Royal Navy during the 1950s at a time of increasing threat from the Soviet Union's submarine fleet, they served until the late 1970s.  Twelve ships of this class served with the Royal Navy and a further three were built for the Indian Navy.
caption: HMS Exmouth (1972) – following conversion to gas turbine propulsion
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