HMS Amazon (F169)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Amazon
- Type
- Frigate
- Class
- Type 21 frigate
- Pennant Number
- F169
- Launched
- 1971
- Built at
- Yarrow Shipbuilders
- Commissioned
- 1974
- Armament
- Missiles, guns, ASW weapons
- Propulsion
- Gas turbines
- Role
- Frigate
- Notable for
- Lead ship of the Type 21 class
- Fate
- Sold abroad
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Amazon was the lead ship of the Type 21 frigates, a class of fast general-purpose escorts built for the Royal Navy.