HMS Minerva

HMS Minerva (F45) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. The ship commissioned in 1966. New Year's Day 1970 Minerva left Chatham for Gibraltar and the Mediterranean to shadow the new Russian helicopter carrier Moskva along with American warships and plane. In 1970 she took part in the Beira Patrol and spent some time in the South Pacific, visiting the Solomon Islands and New Hebrides, Auckland, Dunedin, Sydney and Freemantle. In 1976 she was involved with the third Cod War and the Falklands War in 1982. Charles, Prince of Wales served aboard the ship in the 1970s. Between these major engagements, the frigate patrolled British territorial waters and took part in NATO and British military exercises. Minerva was decommissioned in 1992 and sold for scrap.

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F45
length 113.4 metre, 
Leander-class frigate, frigate, Vickers-Armstrongs, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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1966-05-14T00:00:00Z

1966-05-14T00:00:00Z

1966 HMS Minerva

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Falklands War

1964-12-19T00:00:00Z

1964-12-19T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1966-05-14T00:00:00Z

1966-05-14T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1963-07-25T00:00:00Z

1963-07-25T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

47 oerlikon firing Atlantic June1970

36 Minerva matelot and friend St Helena June1970

HMS Minerva in Tromso Norway, April 1970

Minerva in a very rough Irish Sea, April 1970

HMS Minerva in Tromso Norway, April 1970

HMS Minerva anchored of Jamestown St Helena June 1970

HMS Minerva anchored of Jamestown St Helena June 1970

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		47 oerlikon firing Atlantic June1970		Commons
commons	image		36 Minerva matelot and friend St Helena June1970		Commons
commons	image		HMS Minerva in Tromso Norway, April 1970		Commons
commons	image		Minerva in a very rough Irish Sea, April 1970		Commons
commons	image		HMS Minerva in Tromso Norway, April 1970		Commons
commons	image		HMS Minerva anchored of Jamestown St Helena June 1970		Commons
commons	image		HMS Minerva anchored of Jamestown St Helena June 1970		Commons