EASTBOURNE

EASTBOURNE

Postby MadMaxLab » Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:39 pm

HMS EASTBOURNE   MAY 1972.jpg
MAY 1972 Sunderland
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Re: EASTBOURNE

Postby Dennis Maccoy » Sun Oct 19, 2014 6:04 pm

Eastbourne, 28 June 1977_1.jpg
Eastbourne, as an engineers' training ship, at the Jubilee fleet review on 28 June 1977.
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Re: EASTBOURNE

Postby E28 » Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:21 pm

Eastbourne was 1 of the 6 original Type 12, or Whitby class frigates constructed post WW2 as the first 1st rate anti submarine frigates for the grey navy, to counter the new Soviet ocean going sub fleet.
She was constructed by Vickers on the Tyne, as was sister Scarborough.
Their yard numbers were Eastbourne 143, Scarborough 142.
They also had another yard number each, Eastbourne 1018, Scarborough 1017,
these being their Vickers Barrow numbers.
Many of the Vickers Tyne built ships post WW2, naval and merchant, had 2 yard numbers, 1 for each location,
but only for those built on the Tyne.
Thats all folks. Sean.
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Re: Eastbourne - F73

Postby Whickham » Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:05 am

and rather distant shots of her being broken up at Inverkeithing 1988 ish.

Eastbourne4.jpg

Eastbourne3.jpg
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Re: EASTBOURNE

Postby E28 » Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:58 pm

Thanks for the images Dave. I've not seen her recycled, in modern bullsh1t parlance, before.
As you all know, yes you do, the 2 Vickers yard numbers are for the Tyne construction and, separately, Barrow machinery.
Eastbourne was constructed on the Tyne to post launch, when she was taken to Barrow for completion. No, not overland. Towed by sea. Whose got the tug names for that evolution.
Scarborough was built entirely on the Tyne.
Their original intended weapons fit, as A/S, anti submarine, frigates was pretty formidable.
I will tackle this intended ill fated fit in due course, for the benefit of all our members.
Shall i put in Eastbourne or Scarborough. Vote now.
Let us not forget the other 4 RN ships in this class, not Tyne Built,
Whitby, name ship, Tenby, Torquay, Blackpool.
Brings back fond memories of sandcastles, donkey rides and kiss me quick hats, with dodgy B & B's whilst Dad drinks even more dodgy DD (Double Diamond). Typical British seaside resort fare.
Seem to recall the beach in Whitby is, yes, where exactly.
Thats all folks. Sean.
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Re: EASTBOURNE

Postby tynebuoy » Sat Mar 19, 2016 10:19 pm

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Re: EASTBOURNE

Postby brianh » Sun Apr 17, 2016 5:11 pm

Eastbourne arrived Barrow in tow of RFAs Warden and Earner on 22 May 1956.
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Re: EASTBOURNE

Postby E28 » Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:57 pm

So, their intended Anti Submarine weapons fit was not only ambitious but extremely comprehensive. For their time, bearing in mind, this was only a few years before the introduction of shipboard helicopters in the frigate and destroyer types.
Permanent fit aft were the 2 triple Mortar Mk 10's, also known as Limbo, with their essential Sonar Type 170 which enabled this very capable weapon free arcs to perform its tasks, unlike the Mk 10's direct older sibling, the Mortar Mk 4, or Squid.
The other fit was the anti submarine Mk 20 (E)* torpedo, referred to as bidder. Despite being fitted to some Types 12 with 12, Types 14 with 2 & Type 15 with 8, the whole system proved to be a non starter, as with many of the RN's planned torpedoes of this early/ mid 1950's era.
The intended fit amidships was 12 in total, 4 rotating in 2 pairs and 8 fixed in quads divided equally port & stbd. Those that had some installed, after the trials ceased in 1960, had all vestiges of the Mk 20 removed and replaced with. Nothing.
* (E) was for the Escort ship version. (S) was the submarine version which did see prolonged service well into the 1980's as the torpedo fitted aft only in Porpoise and Oberon class boats. It was not fired but 'swam' out.
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Re: EASTBOURNE

Postby E28 » Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:19 pm

Mk 20(E) torpedo.
WOW....FIRE...No 6 port side...

https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-col ... /taranaki/

LOOK... halfway down the attached in background centre and there she goes @ red 170... a Mk 20(E), for Escort, fired from port side of 4 single fixed tubes in HMNZS Taranaki which also carried the twin rotatable tubes as mentioned previously.

New Zealands Taranaki and sister Otago were the only Rothesay or Modified Type 12 class which carried this outfit albeit short lived and as intended for all 6 Whiby, Type 12 class, in our Grey Navy but duly abandoned with few fitted.

I well remember Otago in the basin at Sembawang, Singapore outboard alongside us in the Fez 1971 whilst in Glamorgan, we in turn being outboard of maintenace carrier Triumph. They, the RNZN, still had the rum tot and well remember going down and getting obliterated. Them Kiwis could sup summit.

Result, which i stumbled across in a random search, courtesy the site in question.
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Re: EASTBOURNE

Postby Hornbeam » Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:27 pm

My first seagoing Draft as an N.S. Missed joining her during final fitting out but joined her later at the Anchorage in Torbay, had problems when the 'pinger' wouldn't fully retract went into Chatham Dry Dock to get it sorted. They were a very advanced design of ship in their day, some of it worked some of it didn't.
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