HMS Euryalus (F15)
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Euryalus (F15) |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Builder | Scotts |
| Laid down | 2 November 1961 |
| Launched | 6 June 1963 |
| Commissioned | 16 September 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1989 |
| Motto |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1990 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Leander-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 267 ft 10 in (81.64 m) |
| Beam | 48 ft 4 in (14.73 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 33.6 knots (62.2 km/h; 38.7 mph) |
| Range | 3,470 nmi (6,430 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 256 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Wasp HAS Mk1 helicopter |
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HMS Euryalus (F15) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the class, Euryalus was named after a figure of mythology. Euryalus was built by Scotts Shipbuilders of Greenock. Euryalus was launched on 6 June 1963, and commissioned on 16 September 1964.
This Euryalus was the sixth of the name and had a strong liaison with the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose motto (Omnia Audax) she bore from the 4th Euryalus landing its 1st Battalion at W Beach, Gallipoli, where the Regiment "won six Victoria Crosses before breakfast".