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HMS Ashanti was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Ashanti people, an ethnic group located in Ghana. The frigate was sunk as a target in 1988. Ashanti was built by Yarrow, of Scotstoun, at a cost of £5,315,000 and was the first commissioned Royal Navy warship to be equipped with combined steam and gas (COSAG ...
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ashanti after the Ashanti people. HMS Ashanti (F51) was a Tribal-class destroyer launched in 1937 and sold for breaking up in 1949. HMS Ashanti (F117) was a Tribal-class frigate launched in 1959. She was expended as a target in 1988.
HMS Ashanti was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Following the style of her sister ships she was named for an ethnic group, in this case the Ashanti people of the Gold Coast in West Africa. She served in the Second World War and was broken up in 1949. She was the first of two Royal Navy ships to bear the name Ashanti.
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After taking command of the training ship HMS Devonshire in 1951, he became Naval Secretary in 1952. [6] He was made Flag Officer (Flotillas) for the Home Fleet in 1955 and Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1956. [6] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1958. [6] He retired in 1962. [6]
HMS Ashanti: Tribal-class destroyer Royal Navy: 1 July: 4 July: HMS Blankney: Hunt-class destroyer Royal Navy: 29 June: 4 July: HMS Cumberland: County-class heavy cruiser Royal Navy: 29 June: 4 July: HMS Duke of York: King George V-class battleship Royal Navy: 29 June: 4 July: HMS Escapade: E-class destroyer Royal Navy: 29 June: 4 July: HMS ...
He was appointed Director of the Royal Navy Staff College in 1986, Director of Naval Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1989 and then Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, which was deployed in the Adriatic Sea at the start of the Bosnian War in 1992, before becoming Chief of Staff at Naval Home Command in 1993. [2]
The German ships had been spotted first and the British opened fire first, with the Germans responding with a four-torpedo salvo from each destroyer that missed when the Allied ships turned to evade them. The British fire was extremely effective with ZH1 badly damaged by HMS Ashanti and HMS Tartar only moments after firing her first salvo.