HMS Penelope

HMS Penelope was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. In the Falklands War, Penelope fired on an Argentine patrol boat and claimed to be the last ship attacked by Argentine aircraft over the course of the war. In 1991, she was commissioned into the Ecuadorean Navy, and renamed Presidente Eloy Alfaro.

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1963  Wikimedia, Wikidata
F127; Presidente Eloy Alfaro
length 113.4 metre, 
Leander-class frigate, frigate, Vickers-Armstrongs, Royal Navy, Ecuadorian Navy, United Kingdom, 

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1963-10-31T00:00:00Z

1963-10-31T00:00:00Z

1963 HMS Penelope

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Falklands War

1962-08-17T00:00:00Z

1962-08-17T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

2008-03-19T00:00:00Z

2008-03-19T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1961-03-14T00:00:00Z

1961-03-14T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1963-10-31T00:00:00Z

1963-10-31T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

HMS Penelope, 1973 (IWM)

HMS Penelope, 1970 (IWM)

HMS Penelope San Carlos 1982

Ex-hms-penelope-entregada-a-ecuador-en-1991

HMS Penelope (26717072617)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		HMS Penelope, 1973 (IWM)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Penelope, 1970 (IWM)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Penelope San Carlos 1982		Commons
commons	image		Ex-hms-penelope-entregada-a-ecuador-en-1991		Commons
commons	image		HMS Penelope (26717072617)		Commons