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 HMS Ajax (F114)
HMS Ajax (F114) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy.
Ajax was launched on the 16th August 1962 and commissioned on the 10th December 1963.
In 1976, while on a visit to Canada, Ajax visisted the town of Ajax, Ontario, which had been named in honour of her predecessor which had been a Leander-class cruiser, which had saw service at the Battle of the River Plate during the Second World War.
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Ajax (Greek: AƮas), a Greek hero, son of Oileus the king of Locris, called the "lesser" or Locrian Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax, son of Telamon.
Ajax the lesser was the father of Eurysaces by Tecmessa.
Ajax later played in the stadium that was built for the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam.
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 HMS Ajax (F114)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
HMS Ajax (F114) was a Leander -class frigate of the Royal Navy.
In 1964 Ajax deployed to the Far East becoming leader of the 24th Escort It was a long deployment and Ajax did not return to the UK until 1968.
In 1970 Ajax became the Gibraltar guardship a required deployment at that due to the tense fears of invasion General Franco.
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The name Ajax was addopted by this small community in Ontario Canada.
These are just some of the treasured memories from the period of Aug 1976 the Canadian olympic year.
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 MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003g Surface vessels (Post 1945) > Frigates (Steam powered) > British ...
HMS Aurora (F10) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
HMS Leander (F109) was the nameship of the Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
HMS Penelope was launched on the 17th August 1962 and commissioned on the 31st October 1963.
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 HMS Ajax (F114) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.columbia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Motto: HMS Ajax (F114) was a Leander class frigate frigate of the Royal Navy.
In 1970, Ajax became the Gibraltar guardship, a required deployment at that time due to the tense fears of invasion by General Francisco Franco.
In 1976, while on a visit to Canada, Ajax visisted the town of Ajax, Ontario, which had been named in honour of her predecessor which had been a Leander class cruiser (1931) cruiser, which had saw service at the Battle of the River Plate during the Second World War.
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HMS Prince of Wales lost in action in December 1941.
The only one of her type built, HMS Bristol was commissioned in 1973 and withdrawn from service in 1991.
HMS Invincible was 'mothballed' in 2005, pending the construction of two new carriers for the Navy.
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 [HMS Ajax (F114)] | [All the best HMS Ajax (F114) resources at ferrets.silvertopics.com]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She participated in further deployments that culminated in the highlight of her final year in 1985, when she escorted the HMY Britannia, which had a number of the Royal Family on a tour of Italy.
She was decommissioned 31 May, then replaced HMS Salisbury (F32) as a static training ship at Devonport.
HMS Ajax for other ships of the same name.
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 Frigates
HMS Loch Alvie in Floating Dock, April 1950.
HMS Loch Ruthven, at the breakers, April 1969.
HMS Owen (built at Chatham and completed as a Survey vessel) seen here leaving the harbour in Malta in 1955 on its way to the Gulf.
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Ajax was originally ordered and laid down as the Rothesay Class frigate Fowey but was completed as a unit of the Leander Class.
In October 1974 Ajax and the Rothesay Class frigate Rhyl rescued 250 British citizens from Cyprus in the wake of the Turkish invasion.
In 1982 she sailed with HMS Illustrious and Battleaxe to the Falklands to relieve Invincible and her escorts after the war had ended.
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HMS Attacker One of the lend-lease Escort Carriers built for the US Navy but subsequently allocated to the RN HMS Bacchante 1975 - 1977 Leander class Frigate F69
HMS Brilliant This site covers the period from her first commission to returning home from Falklands war in 1982.
HMS Sirius F40 Leander class Frigate 1966 - 1994
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 HMS Apollo (F70) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.columbia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Motto: HMS Apollo (F70) was a Leander class frigate frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
She was, like the rest of the class, named after a figure of mythology.
In 1988, Apollos Royal Navy career came to an end when she was decommissioned and subsequently sold to Pakistan, being renamed Zulfiquar and remains in service with the Pakistani Navy as of 2004.
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 Leander Class
Lynx 377 of HMS Phoebe landing on RFA Grey Rover, August 1985.
Lynx 377 of HMS Phoebe landing on HMS Phoebe, August 1985.
This leads me to believe the bell may still be within the UK (I doubt that ship's bells are destroyed when they are de-commissioned?) My father, George Webster, served on HMS Dido and I was christened on the ship (c.1963).
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The device on the rear of the mainmast angled to port is a light guidance system for the helicopter.
HMS Dido, the third Leander Class, laid down as the Hastings.
Like the Rothesay class the gun is a twin Vickers semi-automatic 4.5" Mk6 dual purpose gun directed by the MRS-3 system which includes the Mod-0 director on the bridge roof.
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 Leander History
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Upon the sinking of Sirius in 1998 Scylla has become the last remaining Leander afloat in British waters.
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The fourth Ajax was launched in 1835 as the sixth HMS Vanguard and was renamed Ajax in 1867.
The seventh and famous Ajax (22), launched in 1934, was a Leander-class light cruiser that served in World War II, and was broken up in 1949.
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 Encyclopedia - HMS Ajax (F114)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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She did not take part in the 1982 Falklands War,but was deployed as Persian Gulf guard ship.
This page was last modified 09:32, 8 October 2006.
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