At approximately 2800 tons the versatile Leander Class frigates entered service with Britain’s Royal Navy in 1963. Outside the UK a number of countries bought the ship or developed their own variants.
The ships underwent a number of changes over the years which greatly altered their appearance and in some cases made the ships more specialized rather than their general purpose origins.
The new ships proved good sea boats and popular with their ships companies or crews becoming a well-known site around the UK and abroad
A British drama in the 1970s called Warship popularized the ships with the public in both the Uk and overseas. Filmed aboard 7 different Leander Class ships the series followed life aboard the fictional frigate HMS Hero. All ships involved in filming were repainted with the pennant number F42 of HMS Phoebe, the main warship used for filming.
While most users of the Leanders have long replaced these ships Ecuador and Indonesia continue to get good use from their ships, although these ships are now in the twilight of their careers also.
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Really nice video.
Very informative and well-presented. The Leanders, in my opinion, were some of the handsomest naval ships ever to enter service. Oh, and by the way, several Leanders appeared as HMS Hero in the highly successful 1973 BBC production "Warship."
Decent look at a good ship. One recommendation, dull the music. it's a little overpowering, distracting and at times drowns you out