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HMS ''Rothesay'' was the lead ship of the ''Rothesay'' or Type 12M class of anti-submarine frigates of the British Royal Navy. She was commissioned in 1960 and scrapped in 1988. ==History== In the spring/summer of 1961 ''Rothesay'' was in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was intending to make courtesy calls at ports on the eastern seaboard of the USA but was instead diverted to Bermuda where she was to stay ready to protect British interests in Cuba. On 21 March 1962 she accidentally rammed the Turkish ''Gur'' in the western Mediterranean (off Gibraltar) during the NATO exercise "Dawn Breeze". During two visits to the West Indies (7 months and 11 months) she was at Nassau and filmed for three days to get a 30 second showing in the James Bond film ''Thunderball''. A sheet of canvas with a "0" was placed over the "F1" of her pennant number (F107) to read 007. Sean Connery and Claudine Auger came on board. Between 1966 and 1968 ''Rothesay'' was refitted in Rosyth, Among the improvements the 40 mm gun was replaced with Seacat missile system, radar and communication equipment was updated, accommodation improved and perhaps most significantly a helicopter flight deck and hangar were added. Although this required the removal of one of the two triple barrelled anti-submarine mortars, it allowed the ''Rothesay'' class to carry the Westland Wasp helicopter which was a huge asset for anti-submarine operations. This modernisation was a vast improvement over the ''Whitby'' class and brought the ''Rothesay'' class up to the standard of the succeeding . On 19 March 1969, together with ''Minerva'', they landed 315 men of The Parachute Regiment on Anguilla to restore order after the islanders objected to being placed under the government of Saint Kitts. In 1971 she was present at Portsmouth Navy Days.〔Programme, ''Navy Days Portsmouth, 29th-31st August 1971'', p17.〕 In April 1970 "Rothsay" was one of several Royal Navy vessels that were stationed for a possible tertiary splashdown recovery of Apollo XIII in a position just south of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.〔Helicopter History Site http://www.helis.com/database/ops/41/〕 In 1973 ''Rothesay'' undertook Cod War fishery protection patrols. She attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review with sister ships ''Plymouth'', ''Berwick'' and ''Brighton''. At this time she was part of the 8th Frigate Squadron.〔Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. ''Silver Jubilee Fleet Review'', HMSO〕 At the start of the Falklands War, ''Rothesay'' was in Rosyth under repair after she hit a sea wall in Esjberg, Denmark. During the 1982 conflict, ''Rothesay'' was stationed in the Caribbean. There were plans to withdraw the ship from service in 1983 but these were abandoned and instead in 1985 she underwent a refit in preparation for her new role in the Dartmouth Training Squadron. She served in this role until she was paid off on 13 March 1988. During her many years of service she clocked up over 800,000 miles. She was sold to Spain and was broken up at Santander in 1988. 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 Rothesay (F107)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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