HMS Diomede (F16)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Diomede |
| Namesake | Diomede |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 30 January 1968 |
| Launched | 15 April 1969 |
| Commissioned | 2 April 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1988 |
| Fate | Sold to Pakistan, July 1988 |
| Pakistan | |
| Name | Shamsheer |
| Commissioned | 1988 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Leander-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load |
| Length | 113.4 m (372 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 4,600 nmi (8,500 km; 5,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 223 |
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HMS Diomede (F16) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow. Diomede was launched on 15 April 1969 and commissioned on 2 April 1971. In 1988, the vessel was taken out of service and sold to Pakistan. Renamed PNS Shamsheer, the vessel served with the Pakistan Navy until being scrapped.