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  HMS Ariadne (F72)
HMS Ariadne (F72) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
Ariadne was launched on the 10th September 1971 and commissioned on the 10th February 1973.
Ariadne, after spending the last years of her career as a training ship, decommissioned in May 1992 and was subsequently sold to Chile, being renamed General Baquedano.
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 HMS Ariadne (F72) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ariadne was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun.
She was decommissioned from the Chilean Navy in December 1998.The " General Baquedano" was offered to sold for scrap in february 2003.
See HMS Ariadne for other ships of the name.
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 HMS Ariadne (F72)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
HMS Ariadne (F72) was a Leander -class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
She was the last of the to be completed and the last warship be built for the RN powered by Ariadne was launched on the 10th September 1971 and commissioned on the 10th February 1973.
Ariadne was intended to of been modernisation would of included the removal of her 4.5-in twin gun which would of been by the Exocet anti-ship missile as-well as the addition the SeaWolf missile but the 1981 Defence Review by defence minister John Nott cancelled the modernisation Ariadne and other Batch Three ships.
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 [ whollyshift.net | HMS Ariadne (F72) Resources ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ariadne was barraged on the 10th September 1971 & commissioned on the 10th February 1973.
Ariadne was betrothed for modernisation, which would've included the removal of her particular 4.5-in joint gun, which would've antiquated replaced by the Exocet anti-ship missile, as-well as the adjoining of the SeaWolf missile, but the 1981 Defence Review by the defence minister John Nott, cancelled the modernisation for Ariadne & Batch Three ships.
Ariadne, after exercising the determinative senescence of her lifework as a grounding ship, decommissioned in May 1992 & was finally sold to Chile, concrete renamed General Baquedano.
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 :::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
Later that year, ''Ariadne'' took part in the, so far, last Fleet Review of the Royal Navy, in celebration of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom HM the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
She was positioned in the middle of HM ships HMS Antelope (F170) ''Antelope'' and HMS Jupiter (F60) ''Jupiter''.
In 1983, ''Ariadne'' shadowed the Soviet Union Soviet cruiser Soviet cruiser Slava ''Slava'', which had only been commissioned in 1982, while she was sailing off Ireland.
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 swiftsure,tiger
HMS Swiftsure was built by Vickers Armstrong on the Tyne and launched on the 4th February 1943.
HMS Blake was built by Fairfield and launched on the 20th December 1945.
HMS Blake was kept in reserve at Chatham from 1980 until shortly before the Dockyard closed in 1984, when she was sold for scrap.
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 Broadmining: Ariadne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In later Greek mythology, Ariadne's divine origins were submerged and she became known as the daughter of King Minos of
Ariadne fell in love at the first sight of him, and helped him by giving him a magic sword and a ball of thread so that he could find his way out the Minotaur's labyrinth.
She ran away with Theseus after he achieved his goal, and according to Homer was punished by Artemis with death, but in Hesiod and most others accounts, he left her sleeping on Naxos, and Dionysus wedded her.
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Whilst serving in the West Indies in 1981 Ariadne was diverted to the island of Bequia (part of the Grenadines) and assisted fighting a fire in the Island’s power generating station.
Ariadne spent the last three years of her Royal Navy career attached to Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) Dartmouth, as a training ship for young officers.
Ariadne was the last Gun Leander to serve in the Royal Navy and the last Royal Navy warship to fire the Limbo mortar.
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 HMS Ariadne (F72)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Motto: HMS Ariadne (F72) was a Leander class frigate frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
She was positioned in the middle of HM ships HMS Antelope (F170) and HMS Jupiter (F60).
In 1983, Ariadne shadowed the Soviet Union cruiser Soviet cruiser Slava, which had only been commissioned in 1982, while she was sailing off Ireland.
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 Hms_ariadne_(f72) info here at pinkjustis.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
HMS Ajax (F114) HMS Andromeda (F57) HMS Apollo (F70) HMS Arethusa (F38) HMS Argonaut (F56) HMS Ariadne (F72) HMS...
She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun and was the last of the Leander-class to be completed and the last warship to be built for the RN powered by steam.
She was decommissioned from the Chilean Navy in December 1998 and sunk as target in 2004.
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 Hms achilles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
HMS Achilles was a British light cruiser of 7030 tons displacement of the Leander Class launched in 1932...
HMS Achilles was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement...
HMS Manchester, HMS Southampton, HMS Suffolk, HMS Cumberland, HMS Achilles, and four WWII aircraft, RAAF, 700 Squadron, HMS Shropshire and HMS...
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 Leander Class General Purpose Frigate ( Type 12 Improved)
Whilst serving in the West Indies in 1981 Ariadne was diverted to the island of Bequia (part of the Grenadines) and assisted fighting a fire in the Island’s power generating station.
Ariadne spent the last three years of her Royal Navy career attached to Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) Dartmouth, as a training ship for young officers.
Ariadne was the last Gun Leander to serve in the Royal Navy and the last Royal Navy warship to fire the Limbo mortar.
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 HMS Ariadne (F72) - meaning of word
Later that year, ''Ariadne'' took part in the, so far, last Fleet Review of the Royal Navy, in celebration of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Silver Jubilee.
She was positioned in the middle of HM ships HMS Antelope (F170) and HMS Jupiter (F60).
In 1983, ''Ariadne'' shadowed the Soviet Union cruiser Soviet cruiser Slava, which had only been commissioned in 1982, while she was sailing off Ireland.
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 WEM's 1/350 HMS Apollo
She was then followed by a further 25 vessels through the ensuing years, until March 1973 when the final ship, HMS Ariadne, was commisioned.
Although most of the Leander class received major modifications to their systems and weapons fits throughout their lives, the last four ships remained in their original form due to a change in policy regarding mid-life updates.
Apollo was commisioned in June 1972, and was sold to Pakistan in 1988, where she recommisioned as Zulfiquar.
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 Broadmining: Ariadne&t=   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ariadne fell in love at the first sight of him, and, like other female figures who helped...
ARIADNE projects focus on the development of tools and methodologies for producing, managing and reusing computer-based pedagogical elements and telematics...
Ariadne fell in love with Theseus and gave him a thread which he let unwind through the...
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 Paxman History Pages - Paxman and the Royal Navy
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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 MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003g Surface vessels (Post 1945) > Frigates (Steam powered) > British ...
She was decommissioned from the Chilean Navy in December 1998.The " General Baquedano" was sunk as target in 2004.
HMS Charybdis (F75) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
She was built by the famous Harland and Wolff company of Belfast, and was the last ship to be built there for British naval forces until RFA Fort Victoria of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, was launched in 1990.
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 Genesis
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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 HMS Apollo (F70)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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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 Fleet Review, Royal Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
They had dressed their crews in fancy colours, each to his own taste (at that time there was no uniform naval uniform), whilst they themselves were resplendent in the full dress designed for them by George II in 1748.
New designs were the five-masted HMS Minotaur (1863) with her powerful broadside, and the graceful 14-knot ironclad sister-ships HMS Warrior (1860) and HMS Black Prince (1861).
Also present were HMS Caistor Castle (K690), representing the Reserve Fleet, and HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379).
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 [HMS Ariadne (F72)] | [All the best HMS Ariadne (F72) resources at ferrets.silvertopics.com]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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Our Featured HMS Ariadne (F72) article on HMS Ariadne (F72) Category: HMS Ariadne (F72) Career Ordered: Laid down: 1st November 1969 Launched: 10th September 1971 Commissioned: 10th February 1973 Decommissioned: May 1992 from Royal Navy Fate: Sold to Chile 1992 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: Motto:
Later that year, Ariadne took part in the Fleet Review of the Royal Navy, in celebration of HM the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
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 Broad Beam leander frigates
The Broadbeamed Group of Leander frigates HMS Andromeda, Hermione, Jupiter, Scylla, Charybdis, Achilles, Ariadne, Diomede and HMS Apollo were designed with a view for increasing their life span for future modifications an extra 2 feet were added to the beam which increased stability and endurance with a slight reduction in speed.
It was planned that between 1977 and 1984 all the Broad beamed class Frigates would undergo modernisation, with HMS Andromeda being the first in 1977 and being completed in 1980.
HMS Scylla, stripped ready for use as a target.
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 Wikipedia:Missing science topics/ExistingMathN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
They had dressed their crews in fancy colours, each to his own taste (at that time there was no uniform naval uniform), whilst they themselves were resplendent in the full dress designed for them by George II of Great Britain in 1748.
The ships on show were those that had fought the French in the Seven Years' War and were soon to join the War of American Independence, and were led by HMS Barfleur (1768), of 90 guns, built only 5 years before.
Also present were HMS Antelope (F170), HMS Tartar (F133) and HMS Torquay (F43) (Plan of ships involved).
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 f72 | www.aboutmotor.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
HQ 76.25 F72 2006 HQ 76.25 F72 2006 (ON SHELF)
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This name has several additional uses: * ((HMS Ariadne (F72)HMS ''Ariadne'' (F72))), a frigate of the British Royal Navy * ((Ariadne Genomics)), an American computational biology software development company {{disambig}} ...
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 Ariadne Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Ariadne Products
Antique Parian Figure: Ariadne and the Panther, 19th C. Titian 14x11 art print - Bacchus and Ariadne - FRAME IT Martinez Ariadne auf Naxos Poster Print
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 Ariadne (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ariadne auf Naxos, an opera by Richard Strauss
HMS Ariadne (F72), a frigate of the British Royal Navy
Ariadne Genomics, an American computational biology software development company
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 Leander Products
HMS AURORA F10 (RN NAVAL WARSHIP LEANDER FRIGATE)
HMS Aurora (Leander Class Frigate) 1/3000 scale ship
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 CPFC BBS Archive - The Royal Navy
Ariadne F72 AE Yarrow November 1st 1969 September 10th 1971 February 10th 1973
Probably 'The Battle of The Walamaloo Bar' Sydney 1988 'White Supremist America' Vs 3P and 3Q Mess (WE and Stokers drinking team) HMS Edinburgh Stokers Mess HMAS Sydney, the 6'6 Bill Cosby look a like and his mates from USS New Jersey and whoever felt like kicking the shite out the racisist red-necked Yankee tossers.
So who has still got the zippo's the yanks generously used to give us when they were shitfaced (after a pint and half into the all night drinking sessions).
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