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HMS ''Achilles'' was a ''Leander''-class frigate of the Royal Navy.〔http://www.paxmanhistory.org.uk/paxmanRN.htm〕 She was built by Yarrow at Glasgow. She was launched on 21 November 1968 and commissioned on 9 July 1970.〔http://www.armada.cl/site/unidades_navales/649.htm〕 She was sold to Chile in 1991 and washed away from her berth at Talcahuano by a tsunami in February 2010. She was scuttled the following month by the Chilean Navy as a danger to navigation. ==Service history== In 1970, ''Achilles'' deployed to the Far East where there was, at that time, a large British naval presence. She escorted a number of larger vessels while there, including ''Eagle''. In 1974, ''Achilles'' joined the 3rd Frigate Squadron, and later that year deployed to the Far East on a nine-month deployment as part of Task Group 317.2. The task group visited a number of African ports on their way to the Far East and Indian Ocean, including South Africa, a visit that caused some controversy back in the UK at the time. The task group visited a variety of ports in the Far East and took part in a number of exercises. ''Achilles'' was active as a radio relay vessel during the fall of South Vietnam. Upon the task group's return from the Far East, they made their way around the Cape of Good Hope to South America where a large exercise with the Brazilian Navy took place, which included ''Ark Royal''. ''Achilles'' returned to the UK in June 1975. Later that year, ''Achilles'' collided with the Greek tanker ''Olympic Alliance'' while in the Dover Strait, causing a number of injuries, as well as heavy damage to ''Achilles bow. The following year, ''Achilles'' joined the Fishery Protection Squadron during the Third Cod War with Iceland. During that year also, HMS ''Achilles'' was covertly deployed to Belize during the Guatemalan emergency. After her deployment during the Third Cod War, ''Achilles'' went on a number of deployments including to the Persian Gulf as well as being involved in a number of naval exercises. In 1982, ''Achilles'' deployed to the West Indies as guardship. The following year, she deployed to the Falkland Islands to patrol the area in the aftermath of the Falklands War. Later that year ''Achilles'' took part in Exercise Orient Express, which took place in the Indian Ocean. She deployed to the Persian Gulf that same year. By the late 1980s, ''Achilles'' career was coming to an end. In 1989 she joined the Dartmouth Training Squadron, and in a busy year became the first Royal Navy warship to visit East Germany as well as hosting a dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate. In January 1990 ''Achilles'' decommissioned, ending her eventful career, though only with the Royal Navy. However, the name ''Achilles'' lives on as TS ''Achilles'', the Trowbridge branch of the Sea Cadet Corps. Sold to the Chilean Navy in 1991, she served until 2006 with the name ''Ministro Zenteno''. From 2006 until late February 2010 she was in reserve. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Achilles (F12)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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