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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 ...
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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1939 11th Destroyer Division HMS Matabele, HMS Ashanti, HMS Mashona, HMS Somali [22] 1939 12th Destroyer Division HMS Punjabi, HMS Tarter, HMS Bedouin, HMS Eskimo [22] 7th Destroyer Flotilla: (1912–1944) – 1941 British Eastern Fleet HMAS Norman, HMAS Napier, HMAS Nestor and HMAS Nizam. 8th Destroyer Flotilla: 1939 Home Fleet; HMS Faulknor
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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.
Name Previous names Pennant Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Notes Ton class: SAS Durban: M1499 Museum ship in Durban Built in the UK for South African Navy. [49] While undergoing restoration at Port Natal Maritime Museum for exhibition as a museum ship, sank at its dock in shallow water on 29 June 2020. Ton class: SAS East London: HMS Chilton ...