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| Career
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| Ordered
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| Laid Down
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| Launched
| May 1957
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| Commissioned
| 21 October 1958
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| Decommissioned
| 1984
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| Fate
| Cut up in February 1985
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 1,456 tons full load
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| Length:
| 310 ft
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| Beam:
| 33 ft
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| Draught:
| 15 ft
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| Propulsion:
| 1 shaft, 1 steam turbine (Exmouth later had gas turbine), 2 boilers, 15,000 shp
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| Speed:
| 27 knot
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| Range:
| 5200 nautical miles at 12 knots
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| Complement:
| 112
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| Armament:
| 3 x 40mm Mk 9 Bofors (one aft 40mm later removed)
2 x Limbo ASW mortars
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| Motto:
| Secundis dubusque rectus (Upright in prosperity and peril)
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HMS Duncan was the fifth and final Duncan, named after Admiral Adam Duncan. She was a Type 14 Blackwood class frigate who served in the Cod Wars.
She was involved in the First Cod War between United Kingdom and Iceland over fishing rights , intervening between the Icelandic coastguard and British trawlers.
She as an escort to HMY BritanniaHM Yacht Britannia was the 83rd Royal Yacht since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660 (Charles II himself had 25 Royal Yachts, while five were simultaneously in service in 1831). Britannia was built at the shipyard of John Brown & Co. Ltd in Glasgo in AugustSee August (album) for the album by Eric Clapton. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. Named in honor of Augustus Caesar. The month reputedly has 31 days because Augustus wanted as many days as Julius Caesar's Ju 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23. In 1964 she firing the salute at the opening of the new Forth Road BridgeThe Forth Road Bridge is a road suspension bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the west of the Forth Rail Bridge. A toll must be paid to cross the bridge in the northbound direction. Southbound travel is free, as is travel in both d. She also visited NantesFor a place in Brazil (pronunciation: NAHN-chees), see Nantes, Brazil Nantes ( Breton: Naoned is a commune in western France, prefecture of the Loire-Atlantique departement and of the Pays de la Loire region''. With 277,728 inhabitants in 1999, Nantes is in 19611961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first "upside-down" year i. one that looked the same upside down since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, cease and CopenhagenCopenhagen Kobenhavn in Danish) is the capital of Denmark. The contemporary Danish name for the city is a corruption of the original designation for the city Kobmandshavn meaning Merchants' Harbour. The English name Copenhagen is derived from the German n in 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N.
Given freedom of the city of Hull for the part she played in the Cod Wars.
For other ships with the same name see HMS Duncan
