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{{short description|1957 Type 14 or Blackwood-class frigate of the Royal Navy}}

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|Ship country=United Kingdom
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|Ship name=HMS ''Palliser'' 
|Ship namesake=[[Hugh Palliser]]
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|Ship builder=[[Alexander Stephen and Sons]]
|Ship laid down=15 March 1955
|Ship launched=10 May 1956
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|Ship commissioned=13 December 1957
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|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: F94
|Ship fate=Broken up 1983
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|Ship class={{sclass|Blackwood|frigate}} (Type 14 frigate)
|Ship displacement={{convert|1456|LT|t|abbr=on|lk=in}} full load
|Ship length={{convert|310|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} 
|Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} 
|Ship draught={{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} 
|Ship power=*2 × [[Babcock & Wilcox boiler]]s
*{{convert|15000|shp|MW|abbr=on|lk=in}}
|Ship propulsion=1 shaft; 1 [[steam turbine]] set
|Ship speed={{convert|27|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|5200|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
|Ship complement=140
|Ship sensors=*Radar Type 974 navigation
*Sonar Type 174 search
*Sonar Type 162 target classification
*Sonar Type 170 targeting
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|Ship armament=*3 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm Bofors guns]]
*2 × [[Limbo (weapon)|Limbo Mark 10]] anti-submarine mortars
*2 × twin {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s
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'''HMS ''Palliser'' (F94)''' was one of a dozen [[Blackwood-class frigate|''Blackwood'' class]] [[frigate]]s (also known as the Type 14-class) of second-rate [[anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine frigates]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1950s. She was named for [[Hugh Palliser]], who served during the [[Seven Years' War]] and was [[First Naval Lord]] during the [[American War of Independence]]

==Description==
The ''Blackwood'' class displaced {{convert|1180|LT|t}} at [[Displacement (ship)|standard]] load and {{convert|1456|LT|t}} at [[deep load]]. They had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|310|ft|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|33|ft|1}} and a [[draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|15|ft|1}}. The ships were powered by one [[English Electric]] geared [[steam turbine]] that drove the single [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by two [[Babcock & Wilcox boiler]]s. The turbine developed a total of {{convert|15000|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|27|kn|lk=in}}.<ref name=m9>Marriott, p. 66</ref> The ''Blackwood''s had a range of {{convert|4500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}}. Their complement was 140 officers and [[naval rating|ratings]].<ref>Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon, p. 515</ref>

The ships were armed with three [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm gun]]s in single mounts. The mount on the [[quarterdeck]] was later removed as it was unusable in heavy seas. The first four ships to be completed, including ''Blackwood'', were fitted with two above-water twin mounts for {{convert|21|in|adj=on|0}} anti-submarine [[homing torpedo]]es, but these were removed in the early 1960s. They were equipped with two triple-barrelled [[Limbo (weapon)|Limbo Mark 10]] anti-submarine mortars. The ''Blackwood''-class ships had the same sonar suite as the larger {{sclass|Whitby|frigate}}s where the Limbo mortars were controlled by three sonars, the Type 174 search set, Type 162 target-classification set and the Type 170 'pencil beam' targeting set to determine the bearing and depth of the target.<ref>Marriott, pp. 55, 66, 69</ref>

==Construction and career==
''Palliser'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] at [[Alexander Stephen and Sons]]' [[Linthouse]], [[Glasgow]] shipyard on 15 March 1955. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 10 May 1956 and completed on 13 December 1957.<ref name="friedp339">Friedman p. 330.</ref> On commissioning, ''Palliser'' joined the Fishery Protection Squadron, serving with the squadron until April 1967.<ref name="critp94">Critchley p. 94.</ref> As such she took part in the [[Cod Wars]] of the late 1950s and 1960s.

On 10 July 1960, the Icelandic gunboat {{ship|ICGV|Óðinn||2}} fired on the British trawler ''Grimsby Town'', which was claimed to be fishing within Iceland's 12 mile territorial waters, with two shots hitting ''Grimsby Town''{{'}}s funnel. ''Palliser'' came up and prevented ''Óðinn'' from arresting ''Grimsby Town''.<ref>{{cite news |title=British Trawler Hit by Shots |newspaper=The Times |date=12 July 1960 |issue=54821 |page=12}}</ref>
On 22 January 1971, ''Palliser'' was recommissioned into the [[2nd Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|2nd Frigate Squadron]] based at [[Portland Harbour]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Life Comes Back to Palliser |newspaper=[[Navy News]]| date=March 1971 |page=13 |url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/197103 |accessdate=14 April 2019}}</ref> In May 1973 she was paid off and laid up for disposal.<ref name="critp94"/> In 1983 ''Palliser'' was to be scrapped at S Dean and Sons at [[Briton Ferry]], [[Neath]]. Initial attempts to tow the frigate from Portsmouth were delayed by fog, and when on 9 February 1983, the tug ''Alnwick'' took ''Palliser'' in tow, ''Alnwick'' collided with ''Palliser'', damaging the tug and forcing the two ships into Plymouth for repairs. When the tow recommenced, fog caused it to be stopped when the ships reached Swansea Bay, forcing the ships to miss the correct tide, causing a further delay of a week. When the ships finally reached Neath on 27 March 1983, ''Palliser'' ran aground before finally making it to the breakers.<ref name="critp94"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title= Palliser, the Ship that Didn't Want to Die |newspaper=[[Navy News]]| date=May 1983 |page=2 |url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/198305|accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
*{{Cite Colledge2006}}
*{{cite book|last=Critchley |first=Mike |date=1986 |title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates |location=Liskeard, UK |publisher=Maritime Books |isbn=0-907771-13-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2006|isbn=1-86176-137-6}}
*{{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|last3=Budzbon |first3=Przemysław|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-55750-132-7|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book|last=Marriott |first=Leo |date=1983 |title=Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983|location=Shepperton, Surrey, UK |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=0-7110-1322-5}}
 
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