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Name | HMS Nubian |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Laid down | 7 September 1959 |
Launched | 6 September 1960 |
Commissioned | 9 October 1962 |
Identification | Pennant number F131 |
Fate | Sunk as target 1987 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tribal-class frigate |
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Length | |
Beam | 42 ft 3 in (12.88 m) |
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) (COSAG) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 253 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter |
Service record | |
Operations: | Beira Patrol |
HMS Nubian was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy in service from 1962 and 1979. She was named after the Nubian ethnic group, located in Egypt and Sudan. She was sunk as a target in 1987.
Nubian was built by Portsmouth Dockyard,[2] at a cost of £4,360,000.[3] She was launched on 6 September 1960 by Lady Holland-Martin, wife of Vice-Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin,[4] and commissioned on 9 October 1962.[2]
In 1964, Nubian suffered a collision that caused minor damage.[citation needed] She joined the Beira Patrol off Mozambique in 1967, supporting the enforcement of an oil blockade of Rhodesia.[5] Nubian constituted the escort for the Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race in 1969 that commemorated the 50th Anniversary of Alcock and Brown's non-stop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Britain.[citation needed] In 1971 she was present at Portsmouth Navy Days.[6] In 1975, Nubian reinforced the British garrison in Belize after Guatemala intensified its threats to annex the territory.[7]
Nubian was present at the 1977 Spithead Fleet Review, held in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. At this time she was part of the 5th Frigate Squadron.[8]
In 1978, Nubian assisted in the cleanup after the supertanker Amoco Cadiz grounded off the coast of Brittany; more than 200,000 tons (180,000 metric tons) of oil had polluted the Brittany coastline.[citation needed]
Nubian entered the reserve in 1979, being placed in the Standby Squadron and put on the disposal list in 1981.[9] While in reserve, Nubian became a training ship and had parts cannibalised for three sister-ships sold to Indonesia in 1984.[citation needed] The frigate was sunk as a target on 27 May 1987.[10]
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