HMS Duncan (F80)

HMS Duncan, July 1968 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Duncan
NamesakeAdam Duncan
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company
Laid down17 December 1953
Launched30 May 1957
AcquiredOctober 1958
Commissioned21 October 1958
Decommissioned1984
IdentificationPennant number: F80
Motto
  • Secundis dubusque rectus
  • ("Upright in prosperity and peril")
FateBroken up February 1985
Badge
  • On a Field Red, a hunting horn Silver
General characteristics
Class & typeBlackwood-class frigate
Displacement1,456 tons (1,479 tonnes) full load
Length310 ft (94 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion
  • Y-100 plant
  • 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
  • steam turbines on single shaft
  • 15,000 shp (11 MW)
Speed27 knots (50 km/h)
Range5,200 nautical miles (9,630 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement112
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Radar Type 974 navigation
  • Sonar Type 174 search
  • Sonar Type 162 target classification
  • Sonar Type 170 targeting
Armament

HMS Duncan, launched in 1957, was the fifth RN ship named after Admiral Adam Duncan. She was a Blackwood-class frigate of the Royal Navy that served in the Cod Wars.

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