HMS APOLLO F70

HMS APOLLO F70

 

Class……………………………Leander-class Frigate

Builder……………………….. Yarrow and Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow

Yard number……………….1002

Laid down..………………….21 November 1969

Launched….…………………15 October 1970

Completed.………………….28 May 1972

Propulsion.………………….. 2 shafts driven by English Electric Y-160 Geared Steam Turbines with steam supplied by 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers engines by J. Samuel White, Cowes

Speed..…………………………28 knots (max)

Range…………………………..4600 nm at 15 knots

Fate……………………………. 1988, Apollo was decommissioned from the Royal Navy and subsequently sold to Pakistan where she was renamed PNS ZULFIQAR. 2006 : Decommissioned and used for training purposes. 12 March 2010: ZULFIQAR was sunk as a target in the Arabian Sea. Torpedoes and missiles were fired from an F-22P frigate, P3C aircraft and an Agosta 90B submarine.

 

Undated RN postcard of HMS APOLLO

 

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