Category:Leander class frigates

**Leander-class frigate**
	1963 class of British frigates
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Instance of	ship class;
Subclass of	frigate (powered);
Named after	HMS Leander;
Country of origin	United Kingdom;
Operator	Royal Navy; Chilean Navy; Pakistan Navy; Royal New Zealand Navy; Ecuadorian Navy;
Manufacturer	Cammell Laird; HMNB Devonport; R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company; Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company; J. Samuel White; John Brown & Company; HMNB Portsmouth; Swan Hunter; VT Group; Vickers-Armstrongs; Harland and Wolff; Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited;
Service entry	1963;
Inception	1961;
Length	113.4 m;
Follows	Rothesay-class frigate; Salisbury-class frigate;
Followed by	Type 21 frigate; Type 22 frigate;
Total produced	26;
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	Q1810627; Library of Congress authority ID: sh2010010023; J9U ID: 987007583610405171
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English: The Leander class, informally known as the Type 12I, comprising twenty-six frigates,was arguably the most successful and popular class of frigates in the Royal Navy's modern history. Variants of the vessels also served in other navies.