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HMS ''Mohawk'' was a of the Royal Navy in service from 1963. She was named after a tribe of Native Americans located in southeast Canada and New York State. ''Mohawk'' was scrapped in 1983. ''Mohawk'' was built by Vickers, of Barrow-in-Furness,〔Gardiner, Robert & Chesneau, Roger (1995), p. 518.〕 at a cost of £4,705,000.〔"A-Submarine Cost Revised". The Times (56304): Col F, p 8. 24 April 1965.〕 She was launched on 5 April 1962 and commissioned on 29 November 1963.〔 Her construction had been disrupted by a labour dispute.〔(Hansard (29 May 1963) ), hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.〕 ==Operational Service== In 1965, ''Mohawk'' deployed to the Persian Gulf.〔Commissioning Book, HMS Mowhawk 1964-1965, Gale and Polden, Portsmouth〕 She joined the Beira Patrol, intended to enforce an oil blockade of Rhodesia, in 1966. The following year, ''Mohawk'' deployed to the West Indies and the Mediterranean, becoming the Gibraltar guardship in 1968. By 1969, ''Mohawk'' had returned to the West Indies. ''Mohawk'' underwent a conversion to accommodate her planned utilisation as a training ship. The refit entailed the removal of ''Mohawk''s aft 4.5-inch gun, but the process was abandoned. In 1973, ''Mohawk'' and the destroyer relieved the destroyer and frigate in the Far East Squadron. ''Mohawk'' contributed to the Beira Patrol before returning to Britain in 1973. Later that year she embarked on a tour of the Norwegian coast. She was called onto assist in the search for , a fishing vessel that went missing in the Barents Sea. In 1974, ''Mohawk'' served in the West Indies and the Mediterranean. In 1977, ''Mohawk'' joined Naval On-call Force of the Mediterranean (NAVOCFORMED), a NATO multi-national squadron. Later that year, ''Mohawk'' formed part of a task force designated "Group 6", led by the cruiser , that toured the Middle and Far East.〔Gough, Richard (2003), ''The Weapon Director'', p. 2〕 During the group's return journey the following year, ''Mohawk'' suffered hull damage in the port of Valleta, Malta after slipping her moorings early. In 1979, ''Mohawk'' was reduced to the reserve and allocated to the Standby Squadron. After being placed on the disposal list in 1981.〔(Hansard (26 April 1982) ), hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 13 March 2012.〕 ''Mohawk'' was sold for scrap and broken up at Cairnryan.〔Colledge, J. J. & Warlow, Ben (2010), p. 265〕 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 Mohawk (F125)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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