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28-589: F72 or F-72 may refer to: Ships [ edit ] HMS  Ariadne  (F72) , a Leander -class frigate of the Royal Navy HMS ; Jersey  (F72) , a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy Kang Won  (F-72) , a Cannon -class destroyer escort of the Republic of Korea Navy Spanish frigate  Andalucia , a Baleares -class frigate of

56-511: A Type 199 variable depth sonar (VDS). She had a crew of 260 officers and other ranks. In the year of her commission, Ariadne undertook a fishery protection patrol during the Second Cod War with Iceland . From January to October 1974, Ariadne in company with the guided missile destroyer Fife (FOF2 embarked), Apollo , Argonaut , Danae , Londonderry and Scylla supported by oilers Tidespring and Tidereach and

84-629: A maximum running time of 30 seconds that limited performance. Subsequently, No 209 a mechanical time fuze was introduced. It appears that VT fuzes were not issued. Guns were usually deployed in troops of 4 as part of a two-troop battery, although sections of two guns occupied some positions. Deployment included: UK (Royal Artillery) June 1940: (the AA divisions included 3-inch and 3.7-inch regiments in addition to 4.5-inch) Far East January 1942: Mediterranean June 1943: Middle East January 1943: West Africa Dec 1941: India Dec 1941: Colonel Probert of

112-629: A new weapon of original design, the 4.5 inch Mark 8 with a 55 calibre -long barrel. Ships with 4.5 inch guns QF Mark I in twin mounting UD Mark III Ships with 4.5 inch guns QF Mark III in twin mounting BD Mark II Ships with 4.5 inch guns QF Mark III in twin mounting BD Mark II** Ships with 4.5 inch guns QF Mark III in twin mounting BD Mark IV Ships with 4.5 inch guns QF Mark IV in single mounting CP Mark V Ships with 4.5 inch guns Mark 5* (rebuilt mounting CP Mark V). Ships with 4.5 inch guns QF Mark V in twin mounting UD Mark VI (later renamed gun Mark 6) QF Mark II

140-444: A pair of double reduction geared steam turbines that in turn drove two propeller shafts, with the machinery rated at 30,000 shaft horsepower (22,000 kW), giving a speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph). She had a range of 4,000 nautical miles (4,600 mi; 7,400 km) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) or 1,000 nautical miles (1,200 mi; 1,900 km) at top speed. A twin 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mark 6 gun mount

168-577: A refit at Devonport , and the following year took part in the annual group deployment, visiting a variety of ports in South America and West Africa , as well as performing naval exercises. In 1977, Galatea also took part in the Fleet Review , in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee . Ariadne was part of the 7th Frigate Squadron . Following the Silver Jubilee Review, Ariadne

196-428: Is unclear the extent to which advances in 3.7-inch fire control were applied to 4.5-inch. During the war Machine Fuze Setter No 10 was added, This improved the rate of fire from 8 to 10 rounds per minute and raised the effective ceiling to 34,500 feet. Gun positions were usually in the vicinity of naval bases where they could use the naval ammunition supply. Initially the standard fuze was an igniferous design, No 199 with

224-562: The Daring -class destroyers . This gave these ships a level of firepower unprecedented only 15 years earlier. The Type 81 Tribal-class frigates were an exception, using reconditioned Mark V mounts from scrapped C-class destroyers that were fitted with RPC and known as the Mark 5* Mod 1 . The evolution of the 45-calibre 4.5 inch gun family ended with the Mark V gun / Mark 6 mounting. It has been replaced by

252-627: The 6th Frigate Squadron . Ariadne came out of refit in Rosyth Dockyard , Fife, Scotland in 1989 and replaced HMS  Juno in the Dartmouth Training Squadron. In 1990, in consort with HM ships Bristol and Minerva , she took part in Endeavour '90 , a six-month circumnavigation of the globe. During this deployment she travelled 32,000 miles. Between 1988 and 1990 she was commanded by Commander Adrian Johns . Ariadne

280-500: The W-class destroyers of 1943. Its usefulness as an anti-aircraft weapon had been limited by the failure to develop a mounting with elevation over 55°, the lack of a predictive fire control system in destroyer classes built prior to the introduction of the 4.7 inch twin mount (see HACS ), and the setting of fuzes by hand on early, pre-war, mountings. Later 4.7 inch mountings used mechanical fuze setters that were identical to those used on

308-631: The 1981 Defence Review by the defence minister John Nott , cancelled the modernisation for Ariadne and other Batch III Leander -class frigates. In 1981 Ariadne became the West Indies Guard Ship and, while there, performed a variety of duties in that region. In 1983 she shadowed the Soviet cruiser Slava . It was a common practice during the Cold War , with Soviet warships quite often shadowing Royal Navy vessels in return. In 1987 Ariadne joined

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336-455: The 4.5 inch mountings. The QF 4.5 inch L/45 was developed originally as a dual-purpose weapon with which to arm aircraft carriers and reconstructed battleships and battlecruisers . It was later developed as a new dual-purpose weapon with which to arm destroyers, supplanting the ubiquitous 4.7 inch gun. Despite the lower calibre, it had a heavier shell, resulting in a more powerful weapon. The nomenclature system for guns used by

364-624: The Armaments Research Department developed rifling with tapered groove depth and with the last few inches of the barrel being smoothbore. This was used with a 4.5 barrel lined down to 3.7 inches but retaining the large chamber, allowing a large propelling charge to be employed. Ordnance, QF 3.7 inch Mk 6, only on a static mounting, entered service in 1943 and continued in service until 1959. It had an effective ceiling of 45,000 feet. The high performance of QF 3.7 inch Mk 6 and QF 5.25 inch meant that QF 4.5 inch

392-558: The Gun QF Mark V on mounting BD Mark VI became simply the Mark 6 . The Mark 7 was never produced as the planned Malta -class aircraft carriers they would have been used on were never built. The majority of new escort vessels built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s and 1960s carried at least one Mark 6 mounting, with two in the Leopard -class frigates and County-class destroyers and three in

420-419: The Royal Navy can be somewhat confusing. The gun and mounting each have their own Mark number and a letter(s) giving additional information. QF stands for quick firing , UD for upper deck , BD for between decks and CP for central pivot . During the 1950s, a change was made in weapons systems nomenclature which focused on the gun mount rather than the gun. Together with a change from Roman numerals ,

448-583: The Spanish Navy Other uses [ edit ] Birrana F72 , a race car Franklin Field (California) , in Sacramento County, California Severe intellectual disabilities [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

476-433: The gun to be dual role (anti-aircraft and coastal defence) in coastal areas. Armour piercing rounds were provided for anti-ship engagements. The guns were fitted with Magslip electrical data transfer from Predictors AA Nos 3, 5 and 10 and were probably used initially with GL radars and UB 10 18 feet base optical height and range finders. AA control radars evolved rapidly. The gun was laid and fuzes set by pointer matching, it

504-402: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F72&oldid=1086527142 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages HMS Ariadne (F72) HMS Ariadne

532-625: The stores ship Tarbatness , made a nine-month deployment to the Far East, visiting Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, South Africa and Gibraltar. Ariadne participated in the Beira Patrol . She also refuelled from an old oiler permanently moored at Gan in the Indian Ocean. Between 1975 and 1976 she was commanded by Captain Benjamin Bathurst . In 1976, Ariadne completed

560-448: Was launched on 10 September 1971 and completed on 10 February 1973, commissioning on 2 March 1973 at Devonport . She was the last of the Leander class to be completed. Like the rest of the Leander class, she was named after a figure of Greek mythology; Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos of Crete . She was the eighth ship of that name to serve with the Royal Navy. Ariadne

588-506: Was a Leander -class frigate of the Royal Navy . She was launched in 1971, was sold to Chile in 1992 and sunk as a target hulk in 2004. Ariadne was one of two Leander -class frigates ordered from Yarrow Shipbuilders as part of the 1967–68 construction programme for the Royal Navy, the last two ships of the class with the order announced on 29 July 1968. Ariadne was laid down at Yarrow's Scotstoun shipyard on 1 November 1969, and

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616-448: Was a Batch 3, "Broad-Beamed" Leander , and as such was 372 feet (113.4 m) long overall and 360 feet (109.7 m) at the waterline , with a beam of 43 feet (13.1 m) and a maximum draught of 19 feet (5.8 m). Displacement was 2,500 long tons (2,500 t) standard and 2,962 long tons (3,010 t) full load. Two oil-fired boilers fed steam at 550 pounds per square inch (3,800 kPa) and 850 °F (454 °C) to

644-518: Was a single gun mounting (Mounting Mk 1) anti-aircraft gun in static sites. The pedestal mount was bolted to concrete in an unarmoured turret, a travelling platform was available to transport the gun and mounting between positions. The first unit became operational in February 1939. These 16.5 ton anti-aircraft mountings had a maximum elevation angle of 80 degrees. However, most mountings were Mark 1A with an elevation range of -9.5 to 80 degrees. This enabled

672-548: Was appointed guardship at Belize . From May to August 1979, Ariadne served as part of Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT), a NATO multi-national squadron. Ariadne was intended for modernisation, which would have included the removal of her one 4.5-in Mk.6 gun, which would have been replaced by the Exocet anti-ship missile, as well as the addition of the Sea Wolf missile , but

700-569: Was decommissioned from the Chilean Navy in December 1998 and sunk as target in 2004. QF 4.5-inch Mk I %E2%80%93 V naval gun#Variants From the BL Mark I gun of 1916 the 4.7-inch (120 mm) calibre was the mid-calibre weapon of the Royal Navy, used particularly on destroyers . Apart from some ships armed with QF 4-inch Mk V guns due to shortages, it remained the standard weapon for destroyers up to

728-500: Was fitted forward. A single Sea Cat surface-to-air missile launcher was fitted aft (on the Helicopter hangar roof), while two Oerlikon 20mm cannon provided close-in defence. A Limbo anti-submarine mortar was fitted aft to provide a short-range anti-submarine capability, while a hangar and helicopter deck allowed a single Westland Wasp helicopter to be operated, for longer range anti-submarine and anti-surface operations. Ariadne

756-414: Was fitted with a large Type 965 long range air search radar on the ship's mainmast, with a Type 993 short range air/surface target indicating radar and Type 978 navigation radar carried on the ship's foremast. An MRS3 fire control system was carried to direct the 4.5-inch guns. The ship had a sonar suite of Type 184 medium range search sonar, Type 162 bottom search and Type 170 attack sonar, together with

784-513: Was formally adopted by Scunthorpe Borough Council on 8 March 1973. The ship's anchor is still located outside the now North Lincolnshire Council's main administrative Civic Centre, and the ship's bell is situated outside the council chamber inside the Civic Centre. Ariadne was finally decommissioned by the Royal Navy in May 1992 and was subsequently sold to Chile , being renamed General Baquedano . She

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