HMS Ashanti F117

Type 81 Tribal class - FF - Frigate

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Flight Deck:	AS
Call Sign:	GDCE
Shipyard:	Yarrow

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History of HMS Ashanti F117

1956-feb	Ordered	Ordered
1958-jan-15	Laid down	Laid down Yard No 2121
1959-mar-09	Launched	Launched
1961-nov-23	Commissioned	Commissioned
1962-mar-04	Aircraft	Aircraft Accident P.531 XN334 ditched while operating trials off Portland.
1962-oct-04	Trials	Trials engines failed during sea trials in the Caribbean
1964-mar	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned Wasp HAS.1 XS540 as Ashanti Flt/177-AS, until c Aug 1965.
1965-oct	Aircraft	Aircraft 829 NAS Ashanti Flight reformed at RNAS Culdrose during Oct 1965, moved to RNAS Portland during Nov and received its Wasp in mid Dec 1965.
1966-jul-25	Deployment	Deployment Departed UK for Persian Gulf deployment. The Wasp had joined ship at Devonport on 19 Jul.
1966-dec-31	Deployment	Deployment Alongside in Aden for COSAG repair. Some crew seconded to Army for road blocks and up country retreat tactics.
1967-jun	Deployment	Deployment assigned to Eastern Task Force off Aden, guarding interests during Middle East Six Day War. Relieved on station by HMS Eskimo.
1969-dec	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT794 as Ashanti Flt/427-AS, until Sep 1975.
1973-aug	Deployment	Deployment sailed for caribbean
1974-aug-04		Sailed for UK
1975-oct	Aircraft	Aircraft 829 Sq Wasp XT781/427 joined ship in Malta, until Feb 1976
1977	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered to reserve
1978-apr	Aircraft	Aircraft Assigned Wasp HAS.1 XS562 / 427 by Apr 1978 as Ships Flt until c May 1979.
1979-jun	Aircraft	Aircraft Assigned Wasp HAS.1 XS572 / 427 by Jun 1979 as Ships Flt until c Mar 1980
1981		reclassified as harbour training ship, until c 1987
1988-sep-07	Fate: sunk	Fate: sunk Expended as fleet target

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1961 to 1977

F117 HMS Ashanti

Royal Navy

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History of HMS Ashanti F117