NAVY NEWS MARCH 1975
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The Type 21 Frigates H.M.S. Antelope (foreground) and H.M.S. Amazon, representing a new generation of warships for the Royal Navy, met forthefirsttime in the English Channel, about six miles off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. As the Type 21s are powered entirely by gas turbine, gone are the days of working up to full power. Finger-tip control provides instantaneous power capable of giving fast acceleration up to speeds of more than 30 knots. When the picture was taken the Antelope was on her second day of contractors' sea trials and under the Red Ensign. There are to be eight Type 21s in Royal Navy service, the last being due to commission in 1978. Twelfth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name, the Antelope is to be accepted into service later in the year.
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Happy scene after the Shaving~ recoinmlsslonlng ceremony, with the Mayor andMayores$OfC.'eweand Nantwlch (Cur. and Mrs. J. M. son), Clir. T. Steele, Cook Gallagher (who lives near Shavlngton), the ship's mascot and a number of mainhers of the ship's company.
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H.M.S. Antelope. the Navys second Type 21 Frigate. is affiliated to the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and was adopted by the City of Hereford last autumn. Although the ships company consisted of only X officers and ratings standing by." they have made their presence felt by donating toys to the children's ward of Hereford County Hospital, and by giving presents to handicapped children at the Ridge~ House School, Bitteme, Southampton.
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After a major refit lasting 18 months, the CO niston-class coastal minesweeper H.M.S. Shavington has recommissioned at Devonport. Before refit the ship spent seven years in reserve and on the disposal list, so that all the hard work of the dockyard and ship's company has really resulted in a new lease of life for a ship which would never have made good razor blades but might well have produced a
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few million matches and milk bottle tops. The minesweeper is named after a small village near Crewe and has always had close ties with the people of Shavington. Among those at the commissioning service in the H.M.S. Drake Church were
the Mayor and Mayoress of Crewe and Nantwtch (Cur. and Mrs. J. M. Bedson) and ClIr. and Mrs. T. Steele, who attended the original commissioning in 1955. After the service the ship's company, together with their families and guests and the visitors, returned to the ship,
where the Flag Officer's representative (Commodore J. W. M. Pen~) and commanding officer (Lieut-Cdr. M. A. Pitt) were piped aboard. A buffet lunch was arranged in the Field Gun Club at Drake, and the commissioning cake cut by Mrs. Pitt. assisted by AS Renton. Following a programme of trials and work up the Shavington joins the Fishery Protection Squadron based at Port Edgar.
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