{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300" |colspan="2"| |- !style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career !style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"| |- |Ordered: | |- |Laid down: |1st November 1969 |- |Launched: |10th September 1971 |- |Commissioned: |10th February 1973 |- |Decommissioned: |May 1992 from Royal Navy |- |Fate: |Sold to Chile 1992 |- |Struck: | |- !colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics |- |Displacement: | |- |Length: | |- |Beam: | |- |Draught: | |- |Propulsion: | |- |Speed: | |- |Range: | |- |Complement: | |- |Armament: | |- |Aircraft: | |- |Motto: | |} '''HMS ''Ariadne'' (F72)''' was a Leander class frigate frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the Leander-class, ''Ariadne'' was named after a figure of mythology. ''Ariadne'' was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun. She was the last of the Leander-class to be completed and the last warship to be built for the RN powered by steam. ''Ariadne'' was launched on the 10th September 1971 and commissioned on the 10th February 1973. In the year of her commission, ''Ariadne'' undertook a Fishery Protection Patrol during the Second Cod War with Iceland. In 1976, ''Ariadne'' completed a refit and the following year took part in the annual Group Deployment, visiting a variety of ports in South America and West Africa, as-well as performing naval exercises. Later that year, ''Ariadne'' took part in the, so far, last Fleet Review of the Royal Navy, in celebration of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Silver Jubilee. She was positioned in the middle of HM ships HMS Antelope (F170) and HMS Jupiter (F60). In 1979, ''Ariadne'' joined Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT), a NATO multi-national squadron. ''Ariadne'' was intended to of been modernisation, which would have included the removal of her one 4.5-in twin gun, which would have been replaced by the Exocet anti-ship missile, as-well as the addition of the SeaWolf missile, but the 1981 Defence Review by the defence minister John Nott, cancelled the modernisation for ''Ariadne'' and other Batch Three ships. In 1981, ''Ariadne'' became the West Indies Guardship, and while there, performed a variety of duties in that region. In 1983, ''Ariadne'' shadowed the Soviet Union cruiser Soviet cruiser Slava, which had only been commissioned in 1982, while she was sailing off Ireland. It was a common practise during the Cold War, with Soviet warships also shadowing RN vessels quite often. In 1987, ''Ariadne'' joined the 6th Frigate Squadron. ''Ariadne'', after spending the last years of her career as a training ship, decommissioned in May 1992 and was subsequently sold to Chile, being renamed ''General Baquedano''. She was decommissioned from the Chilean Navy in December 1998.The " General Baquedano" was offered to sold for scrap in february 2003. See HMS Ariadne for other ships of the name. Leander-class frigates
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{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300" |colspan="2"| |- !style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career !style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"| |- |Ordered: | |- |Laid down: |1st November 1969 |- |Launched: |10th September 1971 |- |Commissioned: |10th February 1973 |- |Decommissioned: |May 1992 from Royal Navy |- |Fate: |Sold to Chile 1992 |- |Struck: | |- !colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics |- |Displacement: | |- |Length: | |- |Beam: | |- |Draught: | |- |Propulsion: | |- |Speed: | |- |Range: | |- |Complement: | |- |Armament: | |- |Aircraft: | |- |Motto: | |} '''HMS ''Ariadne'' (F72)''' was a Leander class frigate frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the Leander-class, ''Ariadne'' was named after a figure of mythology. ''Ariadne'' was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun. She was the last of the Leander-class to be completed and the last warship to be built for the RN powered by steam. ''Ariadne'' was launched on the 10th September 1971 and commissioned on the 10th February 1973. In the year of her commission, ''Ariadne'' undertook a Fishery Protection Patrol during the Second Cod War with Iceland. In 1976, ''Ariadne'' completed a refit and the following year took part in the annual Group Deployment, visiting a variety of ports in South America and West Africa, as-well as performing naval exercises. Later that year, ''Ariadne'' took part in the, so far, last Fleet Review of the Royal Navy, in celebration of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Silver Jubilee. She was positioned in the middle of HM ships HMS Antelope (F170) and HMS Jupiter (F60). In 1979, ''Ariadne'' joined Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT), a NATO multi-national squadron. ''Ariadne'' was intended to of been modernisation, which would have included the removal of her one 4.5-in twin gun, which would have been replaced by the Exocet anti-ship missile, as-well as the addition of the SeaWolf missile, but the 1981 Defence Review by the defence minister John Nott, cancelled the modernisation for ''Ariadne'' and other Batch Three ships. In 1981, ''Ariadne'' became the West Indies Guardship, and while there, performed a variety of duties in that region. In 1983, ''Ariadne'' shadowed the Soviet Union cruiser Soviet cruiser Slava, which had only been commissioned in 1982, while she was sailing off Ireland. It was a common practise during the Cold War, with Soviet warships also shadowing RN vessels quite often. In 1987, ''Ariadne'' joined the 6th Frigate Squadron. ''Ariadne'', after spending the last years of her career as a training ship, decommissioned in May 1992 and was subsequently sold to Chile, being renamed ''General Baquedano''. She was decommissioned from the Chilean Navy in December 1998.The " General Baquedano" was offered to sold for scrap in february 2003. See HMS Ariadne for other ships of the name. Leander-class frigates
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