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This site was created For the members and their wives of HMS LLANDAFF. a type 61 Air Direction frigate designed for the protection of Aircraft carriers and their accompanying fleets |
The site is dedicated to those living or who have passed over the line and will be kept operating as long as the membership has a need for it. List of known departed LLandaff crew click the wreath. |
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Salisbury, Chichester, Llandaff and Lincoln. Type 61 Frigate These ships were designed by the Admiralty and built by Chatham Dockyard and the Type 61 frigates became the first major Royal Navy warships to be powered exclusively by diesels When the Type 61 was in development no appropriate steam plant was available and it was feared this type of propulsion could be unsuitable in a crisis or conflict situation. As speed was not as essential as it was with the anti submarine variant, it was decided to use a diesel plant instead. The Type 61 frigates were designed with a displacement of 1,738 tons but this increased to 2,350 tons whilst they were under construction due to modifications and alterations. They measured 340ft in length, 40ft in beam and over 15ft in draught. Armament consisted of two 4.5 inch guns, Two 40mm anti-aircraft guns and squid anti-submarine mortars. They had a speed of 25 knots and their complement varied in size between 207 and 23 |
History bites.On March 1st 1956 Llandaff was moored in the River Tyne in a storm, during which she broke her lines and collided with the cruiser Bermuda, the frigate Russell and a merchant ship, sustaining damage in the process. HMS Llandaff (Type 61 frigate) did time on bandit patrol in the Malacca straits 1959 stopping local Chinese junks and searching them for arms coming over from Sumatra. Reunions are now held annually at the Llandaff institute close to Llandaff Cathedral the home of the Pennant and bell from the ship which was presented to the City in 1976. in the presence of HRH Princess Margaret. This service had followed a procession through the streets of Cardiff by a detachment from the ship and other associations. During the Reunions held with help from the Local Royal Naval Associations and institutes . Members of her last crew and veterans from previous commissions are given the chance of having a few drinks and exchanging a few yarns. for some it is the first meeting of old pals since the disposal of the ship to the Bangladesh navy. We are always looking for new members of all commissions to join up with us and attend the reunions, |
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BNS Umar Farooq is a Salisbury class frigate, the former
HMS Llandaff, currently in service with the Bangladesh Navy. She was
built in Britain, and served with the Royal Navy for 18 years, before
being sold to Bangladesh, arriving there on 27 March 1977. She is
currently moored at Chittagong, serving with the Commodore Commanding BN
Flotilla (COMBAN), where she is used to train midshipman. She is
deployed to support operations off the Bangladeshi coast, such as
anti-piracy and anti-smuggling operations, as well as search and rescue
deployments. About 200 personnel serve aboard Umar Farooq, with most
living aboard her.
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