HMS Diomede (F16)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Diomede (F16) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 30 January 1968 |
| Launched: | 15 April 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 2 April 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 May 1988 |
| Fate: | Sold to Pakistan, July 1988 |
 Pakistan
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| Name: | PNS Shamsheer |
| Operator: | Pakistan Navy |
| Commissioned: | 1988 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Leander class frigate |
HMS Diomede (F16) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow. Diomede was launched on 15 April 1969 and commissioned on 2 April 1971. Her nickname was "Dimweed".
In 1972, Diomede took part in the Second Cod War during the fishing dispute with Iceland, though Diomede's involvement was more quiet than her involvement in the subsequent Cod War. Also that year, Diomede joined the 3rd Frigate Squadron which was then based in the Far East.
In 1974, Diomede, took part in Task Group (TG) 317.2 which was a deployment that caused some controversy back in the UK when the TG, on its way to the Far East/Pacific, visited South Africa, which was at that time under apartheid rule, as well as performing military exercises with the South African armed forces. Diomede, along with the nuclear submarine Warspite, visited the port of Simonstown while the rest of the TG visited Cape Town. The TG, upon reaching the Far East performed a number of exercises and 'fly the flag' visits with Far East and Pacific countries. They did not visit South Africa on their return, and headed to Brazil for an exercise with the Brazilian Navy. Diomede returned to the UK in June 1975.
The following year, Diomede joined the Fishery Protection Squadron, and took part in the Third Cod War. During that conflict, in February 1976, Diomede was rammed by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur, which performed a number of similar incidents to many ships during the Cod Wars. The following month, Diomede was involved in a similar incident with the same gunboat and just three days after that incident was again rammed by another gunboat, the Tyr, equally active during the Cod Wars. Later that month, Diomede was rammed once again by Baldur.
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