HMS Euryalus (F15)
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| Name: | HMS Euryalus (F15) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Scotts |
| Laid down: | 2 November 1961 |
| Launched: | 6 June 1963 |
| Commissioned: | 16 September 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1989 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1990 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Leander-class frigate |
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| Length: | 267 ft 10 in (81.64 m) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 4 in (14.73 m) |
| Draught: | 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m) |
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| Speed: | 33.6 knots (62.2 km/h; 38.7 mph) |
| Range: | 3,470 nmi (6,430 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 256 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × Wasp HAS Mk1 helicopter |
HMS Euryalus (F15) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the class, Euryalus was named after a figure of mythology. Euryalus was built by Scotts Shipbuilders of Greenock. Euryalus was launched on 6 June 1963, and commissioned on 16 September 1964.
This Euryalus was the sixth of the name and had a strong liaison with the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose motto (Omnia Audax) she bore from the 4th Euryalus landing its 1st Battalion at W Beach, Gallipoli, where the Regiment "won six Victoria Crosses before breakfast".
On commissioning Euryalus became Leader of the 26th Escort Squadron which was based in the Far East. While based in the Far East, Euryalus took part in Indonesian Confrontation, with Euryalus having few incidents during her participation in the conflict, mainly patrolling the waters around Borneo.
In 1966 Euryalus recommissioned and went into refit in Devonport. In April 1967, after work up, she joined STANAVFORLANT, visiting Norway (Bodø and Tromsø), Sweden (Stockholm), Iceland, Newport, Rhode Island, Canada (Halifax for the Canadian Centennial), Montreal for Expo 67, Quebec and St John's Newfoundland. She deployed to the Far East in December 1967 as Leader of the 1st Frigate Squadron and spent Christmas in Simonstown (South Africa).
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