Everything about Hms Alacrity F174 totally explained
HMS
Alacrity (F174) was a
Type 21 frigate of the
Royal Navy. Built by
Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd,
Glasgow,
Scotland, she was completed with
Exocet launchers in "B" position.
Alacrity participated in the
Falklands War, departing
Devonport on
5 April 1982.
The most notable incident involving
Alacrity was the sinking of the Argentine supply ship
ARA Isla de los Estados over the night of 10-
11 May 1982 in the only surface action of the conflict.
Alacrity was slightly damaged by an Argentine bomb on 1 May.
As
Alacrity exited the
Falkland Sound on
May 11, the Argentine submarine,
ARA San Luis was reported to have fired two torpedoes at
Alacrity and her sister ship
Arrow. Luckily for the British, these missed the ships and both Type 21s rejoined the Task Force.
As with the other surviving Type 21 frigates,
Alacrity was suffering from cracking in her hull by the mid-1980s. She was taken in for refitting, with a steel plate being welded down each side of the ship. At the same time modifications were made to reduce hull noise.
Alacrity was decommissioned and transferred to
Pakistan on
1 March 1994, being renamed
Badr. Exocet wasn't transferred to Pakistan and
Badr had her obsolete Sea Cat launcher removed. A Chinese LY 60N missile launcher was fitted in place of the Exocet launchers.
Signaal DA08 air search radar replaced the Type 992 and
SRBOC chaff launchers and 20 mm and 30 mm guns were fitted.
Badr remains in service with the
Pakistan Navy.
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