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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Apollo |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 1 May 1969 |
| Launched | 15 October 1970 |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1972 |
| Decommissioned | 31 August 1988 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F70 |
| Fate | Sold to Pakistan, 1988 |
 Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Zulfiqar |
| Commissioned | 1988 |
| Decommissioned | 29 October 2006 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F262 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 12 March 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Leander-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load |
| Length | 113.4 m (372 ft) |
| Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range | 4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 223 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter |
HMS Apollo was a batch 3B broadbeam Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was, like the rest of the class, named after a figure of mythology. Apollo was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun. She was launched on 15 October 1970 and commissioned on 28 May 1972, making her the penultimate Leander.
Both Apollo and Ariadne are easily distinguished from the other Leanders by their 'witches hat' – fitted to the top of the foremast as a part of the electronic warfare array.