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HMS ''Ashanti'' was a of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Ashanti people, an ethnic group located in Ghana. The frigate was sunk as a target in 1988. ''Ashanti'' was built by Yarrow, of Scotstoun, at a cost of £5,315,000 and was the first commissioned Royal Navy warship to be equipped with combined steam and gas (COSAG) engines.〔"Second £7M. Assault Ship For The Navy". ''The Times'' (55326): Col A, p. 5. 27 February 1962.〕 She was launched on 9 March 1959 and commissioned on 23 November 1961.〔Gardiner, Robert & Chesneau, Roger (1995), p. 518.〕 ==Operational Service== In 1962 malicious damage was reported aboard ''Ashanti''. ''Ashanti'' deployed to the Caribbean for trials in 1962. There, in early October, the ship suffered a failure in her COSAG engines, forcing the frigate's return to Britain.〔"£5M. Frigate Breaks Down On Trials". ''The Times'' (55513): Col E, p. 4. 4 October 1962.〕 Subsequent tests discovered that the COSAG's machinery was defective, which caused blade fracturing in the gas turbine.〔"Warship's Dual Propulsion Units Faulty". ''The Times'' (55598): Col F, p. 4. 14 January 1963.〕 Hull strengthening also found to be required 〔 ''Ashanti'' was also used to trial the Westland Wasp helicopter, prior to its introduction to active service in 1964. The frigate conducted operations in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea for 10 months in 1963.〔"News in Brief". ''The Times'' (55884): Col E, p. 5. 14 December 1963.〕 In May 1965, ''Ashanti'' suffered minor damage in a collision with the Russian cargo ship ''Farab'' in the port of Mombassa, Kenya.〔"News in Brief". ''The Times'' (56318): Col A, p 12. 11 May 1965.〕 In 1966/67 ''Ashanti'' was deployed on the Beira Patrol. During that time she also spent a month in Aden having a gas turbine refit whilst some of the crew were seconded to the army as Britain withdrew from Aden. Given the Six-Day War, the Suez Canal being blocked, indecisiveness about whether to clear mines from the Gulf of Aqaba ''Ashanti'' headed home via the Cape of Good Hope, stopping off at Simon's Town. In 1969 ''Ashanti'' embarked a Royal Marines Commando detachment at Bermuda during a Black Power Conference.〔 In 1970, ''Ashanti'' deployed on Beira Patrol, which was designed to prevent oil reaching landlocked Rhodesia via the Portuguese colony of Mozambique. The following year ''Ashanti'' was present at the Royal Navy's withdrawal from Malta. In 1974, while returning to Britain from the Caribbean, ''Ashanti'' suffered two fatalities when a large wave struck the frigate. The ship was just four hours out of Bermuda on her way back to the UK when hit by the wave. One was lost at sea, while the other suffered injuries and died aboard the frigate. The ship returned to Bermuda to disembark the body, and for repairs to the upper deck structure. Premature reports by Bermudian radio stations sent invalid signals to UK and it was reported on national TV news channels that ''Ashanti'' had been sunk and lost at sea. Three sailors died in 1977 from carbon monoxide poisoning after a fire broke out in a boiler room.〔"Unscrewing of nut led to fatal fire in warship". ''The Times'' (59960): Col C, p. 5. 24 March 1977.〕 ''Ashanti'' was returned to service in 1978 following a repair and refit, and finally placed in reserve and became a Harbour Training Ship. She was sunk as a target in 1988 by the submarines and . 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 Ashanti (F117)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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