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Code Number:
MYNV10P04_03B
Title:
Eurocopter AS532, (Airbus Helicopters H215M), Couger Helicopter from Chile Navy, Chilean destroyer Blanco Encalada (D15), Chile
Name: HMS Fife
Ordered: 26/09/1961
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding
Laid down: 1/06/1962
Launched: 9/07/1964
Commissioned: 21/06/966
Decommissioned: June 1987
Identification: Pennant number: D20
Fate: Sold to Chile on 12/08/1987
Career (Chile)
Name: Blanco Encalada
Acquired: August 1987
Commissioned: 1988
Decommissioned: 12/12/2003
Fate: Sold for scrap in November 2005

Displacement: 6,200 tonnes
6,800 tonnes (full load)
Length: 158.9 meters (521 feet)
Beam: 16 meters (52 feet)
Draft: 6.2 meters (20 feet)
Propulsion: COSAG (Combined steam and gas) turbines, 2x shafts
Speed: 30+ knots
Range: 6,500 km (3,500 nautical miles) at 28 knots (52 km/h)
Capacity: 440-471
Armament:
- 2 twin turrets with 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns Mark N6 (B turret was later replaced by 4 MM38 Exocet missile launchers)
- 2 mountings for Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- 1 Twin Seaslug GWS.2 SAM (removed during refit in 1986)
- 2 Quad Seacat GWS-22 SAM (in Chilean service, the Seacat was replaced by 2 eight-cell vertical launching system for Barak surface-to-air missiles)
- 2 triple 12.75" torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 1 Wessex HAS Mk 3 helicopter (in Chilean service, 2 Cougar helicopters)
Helicopter facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter. (In Chilean service, it was enlarged and expanded for two helicopters during refit in 1987)
Keywords:
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Code Number:
MYNV10P04_03B
Title:
Eurocopter AS532, (Airbus Helicopters H215M), Couger Helicopter from Chile Navy, Chilean destroyer Blanco Encalada (D15), Chile
Name: HMS Fife
Ordered: 26/09/1961
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding
Laid down: 1/06/1962
Launched: 9/07/1964
Commissioned: 21/06/966
Decommissioned: June 1987
Identification: Pennant number: D20
Fate: Sold to Chile on 12/08/1987
Career (Chile)
Name: Blanco Encalada
Acquired: August 1987
Commissioned: 1988
Decommissioned: 12/12/2003
Fate: Sold for scrap in November 2005

Displacement: 6,200 tonnes
6,800 tonnes (full load)
Length: 158.9 meters (521 feet)
Beam: 16 meters (52 feet)
Draft: 6.2 meters (20 feet)
Propulsion: COSAG (Combined steam and gas) turbines, 2x shafts
Speed: 30+ knots
Range: 6,500 km (3,500 nautical miles) at 28 knots (52 km/h)
Capacity: 440-471
Armament:
- 2 twin turrets with 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns Mark N6 (B turret was later replaced by 4 MM38 Exocet missile launchers)
- 2 mountings for Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- 1 Twin Seaslug GWS.2 SAM (removed during refit in 1986)
- 2 Quad Seacat GWS-22 SAM (in Chilean service, the Seacat was replaced by 2 eight-cell vertical launching system for Barak surface-to-air missiles)
- 2 triple 12.75" torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 1 Wessex HAS Mk 3 helicopter (in Chilean service, 2 Cougar helicopters)
Helicopter facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter. (In Chilean service, it was enlarged and expanded for two helicopters during refit in 1987)
Keywords:
San Francisco, California, USA, City, Aerospatial, SA-330 Puma, Aviation, Military Helicopter, Aircraft, VTOL, Aviation, Helicopter, Aircraft, Helo, Chopper, Rotary Wing, Whirlybird, Single Rotor, Rotorcraft, SA.330, SA330, Helipad, Heliport, Landing Pad, Heli Pad, Heli Port, Flat Spot, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
Image by:
Bill Goidell
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