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HMS ''Duncan'' was the fifth RN ship named after Admiral Adam Duncan. She was a of the Royal Navy that served in the Cod Wars. ==Service== From her first commissioning in 1958 until 1965 ''Duncan'' was the leader of the Fishery Protection Squadron. She was involved in the First Cod War between United Kingdom and Iceland over fishing rights, intervening between the Icelandic coastguard and British trawlers. She was an escort to the royal yacht in August 1960. In 1964 ''Duncan'' fired the salute at the opening of the new Forth Road Bridge. The frigate also visited Nantes in 1961, Oslo and Reykjavík in 1963, and Copenhagen in 1965. She was given the Freedom of the city of Hull for the part the vessel played in the Cod Wars. In 1966 she completed an extensive modernisation at Rosyth Naval Dockyard and in the following year attended Portsmouth Navy Days.〔Programme, ''Navy Days Portsmouth, 26th-28th August 1967'', HMSO, p15.〕 In 1970 ''Duncan'' was again present at Portsmouth Navy Days, by this time she was part of the Portland Training Squadron.〔Programme, ''Navy Days Portsmouth, 29th-31st August 1970'', HMSO, p23.〕 During the early 1980s, ''Duncan'' served alongside the frigate as harbour training ship at Rosyth Dockyard for the marine engineering artificer apprentices from the shore base HMS ''Caledonia''. 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 Duncan (F80)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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