PLATFORM TYPE:   LEANDER CLASS FRIGATE (FFG)
PLATFORM NAME:   HMS ARGONAUT F 56
                 HMS PENELOPE F 127
                 HMS MINERVA F 45
                 HMS ANDROMEDA F 57

DESCRIPTION:     DESIGNED FOR OPEN OCEAN ESCORT AND PATROL
SPEED:           28KTS
MANNING LEVEL:   248
DIMENSIONS:      372 x 41 x 15 FT
DISPLACEMENT:    3,200 FULL LOAD
RANGE:           4,000 AT 15KTS
POWER PLANT:     2 DOUBLE REDUCTION GEARED TURBINES
                 30,000 SHP
                 2 SHAFTS

SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES:
                 4 EXOCET LAUNCHERS

SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES:
                 2 QUAD SEA CAT LAUNCHERS

GUNS:            2  20mm SINGLE BARREL GUNS

TORPEDOES:       2 STWS TRIPLE TUBES FOR
                 MK46 OR STINGRAY

RADARS:
    (AIR SRCH):        TYPE 994
    (FIRE CTRL):       2 MRS-3/GWS-22 FOR SEA CAT
    (SURFACE SRCH):    TYPE 994
    (NAVIGATION):      TYPE 1006

ELECTRONIC WARFARE:
    (ESM):             UAA-8
                       UAA-9
                       UAA-13
    (ECM):             2 TYPE 667/668
                       2 CORVUS 8-BARRELED CHAFF LAUNCHERS
                       1 SRBOC 6-TUBED MK36 IR FLARE AND
                       CHAFF LAUNCHER TOWED ARRAY TORPEDO
                       DECOY SYSTEM

SONAR:
                       TYPE 2031 VLF TOWED ARRAY
                       TYPE 184M HULL-MOUNTED
                       162M SIDE-LOOKING BOTTOM
                       CLASSIFICATION

COMBAT DATA SYSTEMS:

                       SCOT SATELLITE
                       CAAIS COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
                       WITH LINKS 10 AND 14

AIRCRAFT:              1 SEA LYNX

COUNTRIES:             UK AND SEVERAL SOUTH AMERICAN
                       COUNTRIES
COMMENTS:              GUN ARMAMENT HAS CHANGED DUE TO THE
                       LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 1982
                       FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN. ARMAMENT VARIES
                       WITH THE ASSIGNED BATCH NUMBER.

 
