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HMS ''Alacrity'' was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, she was completed with Exocet launchers in "B" position. ''Alacrity'' served with the Royal Navy from completion until 1994, and was active during the Falklands War of 1982. She served in the Pakistan Navy till May 2014 as PNS ''Badr''. She was decommissioned recently. ==Royal Navy service== In 1977, ''Alacrity'' took part in the Fleet Review, of the Royal Navy at Spithead in celebration of HM the Queen's Silver Jubilee.〔Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. ''Silver Jubilee Fleet Review'', HMSO〕 ''Alacrity'' participated in the Falklands War, departing Devonport on 5 April 1982. She was commanded at the time by Commander Christopher Craig. The most notable incident involving ''Alacrity'' was the sinking of the Argentine supply ship ARA ''Isla de los Estados'' by gunfire over the night of 10–11 May 1982, near Swan Islands. At the time, ''Alacrity'' was on a mission to establish whether or not the Argentines had mined the north entrance to Falkland Sound.〔One Hundred Days, Admiral Sandy Woodward, Pages 280 and 281. ISBN 978-0-00-713467-0〕 ''Alacrity'' was slightly damaged by splinters from an Argentine bomb on 1 May. As ''Alacrity'' left the Falkland Sound on 11 May, the Argentine submarine, ''San Luis'' was reported to have fired two torpedoes at ''Alacrity'' and her sister ship ''Arrow''. Both missed, and the ships rejoined the task force. As with the other surviving Type 21 frigates, ''Alacrity'' was suffering from cracking in her hull by the mid-1980s. She was taken in for refitting, and a steel plate was welded down each side of the ship. At the same time modifications were made to reduce hull noise. In 1989 whilst deployed as West Indies Guard Ship "Alacrity" was tasked for humanitarian relief on the island of Montserrat in the British West Indies after the island suffered devastation in the wake of hurricane "Hugo". The ship's Lynx helicopter being the sole means of transporting aid ashore as the port was destroyed. 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 Alacrity (F174)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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