HMS Juno (F52)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Juno
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Laid down	16 July 1964
Launched	24 November 1965
Commissioned	18 July 1967
Decommissioned	4 November 1992
Identification	Pennant number: F52
Fate	Sold for scrap 1994
General characteristics
Class and type	Leander-class frigate
Displacement	3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load
Length	113.4 m (372 ft)
Beam	12.5 m (41 ft)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h)
Range	4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	223
Armament	As built:; 1 × twin 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns; 1 × quadruple Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile launchers; 1 × Limbo anti-submarine mortar; 2 x 20mm Oerlikon guns; From 1980:; 4 × Exocet anti-ship missile launchers; 2 × quadruple Seacat anti-aircraft missile launchers; 2 × single 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; 2 × triple torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wasp helicopter; From 1980:; 1 × Lynx helicopter;

HMS Juno was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the class, Juno was named after a figure of mythology. She was built by Thornycroft of Woolston, Hampshire. Juno was launched on 24 November 1965 and commissioned on 18 July 1967.

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