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〔Admiralty Board of investigation was convened and found HMCS Assiniboine responsible as the junior ship for the collision which required refit in Portsmouth for damage to her starboard quarter removing 20 to 30 feet ten feet high on her stern, the Chinese laundry did not like it as that is where we hit her, at approx 50 yards Cleopatra went full ahead and Assiniboine went full astern resulting in the collision in the Bay of Biscay 〕 HMS ''Cleopatra'' (F28) was a ''Leander''-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). ''Cleopatra'' was built at HMNB Devonport. She was launched on 25 March 1964 and commissioned on 4 January 1966. ==Operational Service== Upon ''Cleopatra's'' commissioning, she joined the 2nd Destroyer Squadron, Far East Fleet and then participated in the Beira Patrol, which was designed to prevent oil reaching the landlocked Rhodesia via the then Portuguese colony of Mozambique (Lorenzo Marques). In 1969, Cleopatra was present at the Evans-Melbourne collision. In 1971, HMS Cleopatra's helicopter crash landed into the sea.〔http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wasp_463_a.JPG#.7B.7Bint:filedesc.7D.7D〕 In 1972, ''Cleopatra'' took part in escort duties during the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh's South East Asia tour. In 1973, ''Cleopatra'' was dispatched to protect British trawlers against the Icelandic Coast Guard in the Second Cod War.〔http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/20/newsid_2510000/2510837.stm〕 Afterwards, ''Cleopatra'' began her modernisation, becoming the first Batch Two Leander to do so, which included the removal of her one twin 4.5-in gun to allow the addition of the Exocet anti-ship missile system. In 1977, ''Cleopatra'', like many other Leanders, took part in the Fleet Review of the RN in celebration of HM the Queen's Silver Jubilee. ''Cleopatra'' was positioned in the middle of HM ships ''Zulu'' and ''Arethusa''. At this time she was leader of the 4th Frigate Squadron.〔Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. ''Silver Jubilee Fleet Review'', HMSO〕 The National Archives records that MOD has on file details of intelligence collection activities by ''Cleopatra'' in January–March 1978. The original document is still closed, but the bare fact of the activity itself is available. In 1979 Cleopatra collided with HMCS Assiniboine in the Bay of Biscay In 1981, ''Cleopatra'' deployed to the Mediterranean, which still had a large RN presence at the time. The following year, ''Cleopatra'' was fitted with the new towed array sonar. Further duties were undertaken but by the late 1980s, ''Cleopatra's'' age was beginning to show and her time was coming to an end. On 31 January 1992, ''Cleopatra'' was decommissioned. The following year, ''Cleopatra'' was sold for scrap. 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 Cleopatra (F28)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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