HMS Apollo
HMS Apollo, a Leander-class frigate, arriving in the River Dart. The reason for the Procedure Alpha arrival and the College's boats providing ceremonial escort was that she was carrying the then-Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (CINCNAVHOME) who was retiring back to his house in the area.
Commissioned in 1972, Apollo was the penultimate in a class of 26 ships and served her entire career with the Royal Navy as a standard 4.5-inch gun platform, unlike so many of the class which were converted in their later years to Ikara, Exocet and Exocet-Sea Wolf weapons platforms and towed-array units.
She was sold to the Pakistani Navy in 1988, where she became the Zulfiquar (F-262), serving into this millennium.
HMS Apollo
HMS Apollo, a Leander-class frigate, arriving in the River Dart. The reason for the Procedure Alpha arrival and the College's boats providing ceremonial escort was that she was carrying the then-Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (CINCNAVHOME) who was retiring back to his house in the area.
Commissioned in 1972, Apollo was the penultimate in a class of 26 ships and served her entire career with the Royal Navy as a standard 4.5-inch gun platform, unlike so many of the class which were converted in their later years to Ikara, Exocet and Exocet-Sea Wolf weapons platforms and towed-array units.
She was sold to the Pakistani Navy in 1988, where she became the Zulfiquar (F-262), serving into this millennium.