HMS Apollo (F70)
HMS Apollo was a batch 3B broadbeam Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was, like the rest of the class, named after a figure of mythology. Apollo was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun. She was launched on 15 October 1970 and commissioned on 28 May 1972, making her the penultimate Leander.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Apollo |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 1 May 1969 |
| Launched | 15 October 1970 |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1972 |
| Decommissioned | 31 August 1988 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F70 |
| Fate | Sold to Pakistan, 1988 |
| Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Zulfiqar |
| Commissioned | 1988 |
| Decommissioned | 29 October 2006 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F262 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 12 March 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Leander-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load |
| Length | 113.4 m (372 ft) |
| Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range | 4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 223 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter |
Both Apollo and Ariadne are easily distinguished from the other Leanders by their 'witches hat' – fitted to the top of the foremast as a part of the electronic warfare array.
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