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HMS Achilles was a British light cruiser of 7030 tons displacement of the Leander Class launched in 1932, that saw action during the Second World War. She was armed with eight 6-inch guns, four 4-inch anti-aircraft guns, four 3-pounder anti-aircraft guns, ten smaller guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quadruples. She was powered by four Admiralty 3-drum type oil boilers providing a top speed of 32.5 knots. She carried a crew of 550 and one aircraft.
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HMS Achilles was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by Yarrow and launched in 1968. HMS Achilles was powered by two oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and a range of 6400 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 260 and was armed with one quad Seacat missile launcher; twin 4.5 inch guns and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and a Limbo anti-submarine mortar. She carried a Wasp helicopter. During 1974 and 1975 she was part of the 3rd Frigate Squadron and assisted in the evacuation of British Citizens from Vietnam. In 1975 she collided with the Greek tanker Olympic Alliance in the Dover Strait. She was decommissioned in 1990 and sold to Chile as the Ministro Zenteno.
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HMS Ajax was a British light cruiser of 6985 tons displacement of the Leander Class launched in 1934, that saw action during the Second World War including the Battle of the River Plate in 1939. She was armed with eight 6-inch guns, eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns, four 3-pounder anti-aircraft guns, ten smaller guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quadruples. She was powered by four Admiralty 3-drum type oil boilers providing a top speed of 32.5 knots. She carried a crew of 550 and two aircraft.
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HMS Ajax was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement launched in 1962 and decommissioned in 1985. She was armed with two quad Seacat missile launchers; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; one Ikara and one Limbo anti-submarine mortar. She carried a Wasp helicopter and carried a complement of 257.
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HMS Andromeda was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by the HM Dockyard at Portsmouth and launched in 1967. HMS Andromeda was powered by two oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and a range of 6400 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 260 and was armed with one quad Seacat missile launcher; twin 4.5 inch guns and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and a Limbo anti-submarine mortar. She carried a Wasp helicopter. She was rammed by the Icelandic gunboat Odinn in 1973 and in 1974 evacuated British Citizens from Cyprus. She served in the Falklands War of 1982, acting as a close escort to HMS Invincible, and in 1983 removed Mauritian revolutionaries from an island in the Indian Ocean area of Diego Garcia before being sold to India for operational use in 1995.
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HMS Apollo was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by Yarrow and launched in 1970. HMS Apollo was powered by two oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and a range of 6400 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 260 and was armed with one quad Seacat missile launcher; twin 4.5 inch guns and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and a Limbo anti-submarine mortar. She carried a Wasp helicopter. She served in the Cod War with Iceland in 1973 and collided with the Icelandic gunboat Aegir. She was decommissioned in 1988 sold to Pakistan for operational use.
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HMS Arethusa was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by J Samuel White and Company and launched in 1963. She was decommissioned in 1989. She was armed with two quad Seacat missile launchers; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; one Ikara and one Limbo anti-submarine mortar. She carried a Wasp helicopter and carried a complement of 257.
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HMS Argonaut was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by Hawthorn Leslie and launched in 1966. She was armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 surface-to-surface missiles; three quad Seacat missile launchers; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes arranged in two triples . She carried a Wasp helicopter and carried a complement of 223. She served in the Falklands War of 1982 and was decommissioned in 1993 and sold to Intershitra S & P in 1994.
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HMS Ariadne was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by Yarrow and launched in 1971. HMS Ariadne was powered by two oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and a range of 6400 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 260 and was armed with one quad Seacat missile launcher; twin 4.5 inch guns and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and a Limbo anti-submarine mortar. She carried a Wasp helicopter. She was decommissioned in 1992 and sold to Chile and renamed the General Baquedano.
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HMS Aurora was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by John Brown and launched in 1962. She was decommissioned in 1987 and sold for scrapping in 1988. She was armed with two quad Seacat missile launchers; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; one Ikara and one Limbo anti-submarine mortar. She carried a Wasp helicopter and carried a complement of 257.
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