HMS Tartar (F133)

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Tartar in Portsmouth, July 1977

HMS Tartar (F133) was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after the Tartar people, most of whom were located in Asia and Eastern Europe. She was sold to the Indonesian Navy in 1984 as KRI Hasanuddin (333).

Tartar was built by Devonport Dockyard,[1] at a cost of £4,140,000.[2] She was launched on 19 September 1960 and commissioned on 26 February 1962.[1]

Service history

Royal Navy

While in the West Indies in 1963, Tartar provided support to Trinidad after Hurricane Flora struck the Caribbean.[3][4] In early December, TartarTemplate:'s crew apprehended nine armed Cubans on board a ship off Cay Sal, Bahamas, where an arms cache was discovered by a ship's party.[5]

Tartar was recommissioned on 12 January 1967 and attended Portsmouth Navy Days later that year.[6] The frigate arrived in the Persian Gulf in 1968 via Simonstown, Mombasa and the Seychelles.

On 29 March 1968, Tartar and the amphibious assault vessel Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". were deployed to patrol off the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, small islands in the Persian Gulf, to deter Iran from occupying the islands.[7] Between 1969 and 1971 she was commanded by Captain Cameron Rusby. On the voyage to the Seychelles the fleet auxiliary vessel Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was lost, having struck a submerged object. Service in the Gulf was followed by a homeward journey via the Beira Patrol lasting six weeks and Cape Town thence to Gibraltar arriving during the talks between Harold Wilson, Prime Minister and Ian Smith from Rhodesia on board the cruiser Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In 1975, Tartar undertook fishery protection duties in the Barents Sea.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She supported operations during the Third Cod War with Iceland. During the dispute, Tartar was rammed by the patrol vessel Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". on 1 April 1976,[8] and by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". on 6 May.[9] In total, Tartar spent six weeks on fisheries protection patrols in the Third Cod War, and was involved in four collisions.[10] Later that year, in the West Indies, Tartar searched for and located the wreckage of Cubana Flight 455.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She was present at the Spithead Fleet Review in 1977, held in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. At this time she was part of the 1st Frigate Squadron.[11]

Tartar was reduced to reserve in 1980, being placed in the Standby Squadron.[12] She was taken out of reserve during the Falklands War and restored for active service.[13] The frigate did not deploy to the South Atlantic, however, instead operating in home waters in the absence of other warships.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She did deploy to the West Indies as a guardship in 1982/1983 for 3 months, spending Christmas and New Year in St Petersburg, Florida.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In June 1983, TartarTemplate:'s Westland Wasp helicopter evacuated the six-man crew of the supply ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., which had collided with an oil rig in the English Channel. As a potential hazard to navigation, Spearfish had to be sunk by the guns of Tartar.[14]

Indonesian Navy

Tartar was decommissioned in March 1984 and sold to Indonesia. After a refit at Vosper Thornycroft's Woolston, Southampton shipyard, the ship was delivered on 22 January 1986 and was commissioned into the Indonesian Navy on 3 April 1986,[15] with the name KRI Hasanuddin,[16] so named after a sultan who fought the Dutch. The frigate was stricken in 2000[17] and her name was given to a Dutch-built Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..

References

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  1. ↑ a b Gardiner, Robert & Chesneau, Roger (1995), p. 518.
  2. ↑ "A-Submarine Cost Revised". The Times (56304): Col F, p 8. 24 April 1965.
  3. ↑ "Hurricane Kills More Than 400". The Times (55825): Col F, p 10. 7 October 1963.
  4. ↑ "Tobago Prepares To Rebuild". The Times (55827): Col B, p 10. 9 October 1963.
  5. ↑ "British Patrol Arrests Nine Cubans". The Times (55873): Col E, p 10. 2 December 1963.
  6. ↑ Programme, Navy Days Portsmouth, 26–28 August 1967, HMSO, p17.
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "Footnotes".
  8. ↑ "Rammings damage cod war frigates". The Times (59670): Col A, p. 4. 3 April 1976.
  9. ↑ "Mr Crosland stands by for cod war message". The Times (59714): Col D, p. 4. 27 May 1976.
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Winton, John (July 1977) "Spithead – 28 June 1977" Template:Webarchive. The Naval Review: Vol. 65, No. 3, p. 203.
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  14. ↑ "Ship's crew saved after oil rig collision". The Times (61572): Col D, p. 1. 30 June 1983.
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "Footnotes".
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Publications

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  • Gardiner, Robert & Chesneau, Roger (1995), Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, London, Template:ISBN.
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  • Marriott, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983, Ian Allan Ltd. Template:ISBN
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