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Launched 1969: HMS DIOMEDE
HMS DIOMEDE
HMS DIOMEDE
HMS DIOMEDE
built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Scotstoun,
Yard No 2366

Last Name: SHAMSHER (F263) (1988)
Propulsion: 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers (550psi; 850oF) - 2 White/English Electric Turbines (30,000hp) Two shafts - 28 knots.
Launched: Tuesday, 15/04/1969
Built: 1971
Ship Type: Frigate
Tonnage: 2962 disp
Length: 372 feet
Breadth: 43 feet
Draught: 18 feet
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Pakistan Navy (1988)
Status: Active -

Remarks: Completed 2 April 1971
Transferred with her Yarrows
buit sister APOLLO to the Pakistan Navy where both still operate.
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Photo supplied by http://www.slingers
roost.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Diomede.htm
Previous update by Paul Strathdee

Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron

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