HMS ''Jaguar'' (F37), was a Type 41

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of the British

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, named after the

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. ''Jaguar'' was the last frigate built by

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for the Royal Navy. Unlike the rest of her class, she was fitted with controllable pitch propellers.Marriott, Leo, ''Royal Navy Frigates since 1945'', 2nd Edition, pub Ian Allan, 1990, page 54.

Royal Navy service

The main armament originally consisted of two twin 4.5 in guns Mark 6 plus one twin STAAG mounting, which was soon replaced by a 40 mm gun.Marriott, Leo, ''Royal Navy Frigates since 1945'', 2nd Edition, page 55. The photograph on page 55 shows ''Jaguar'' with the Type 960 and 293Q radars and without STAAG in 1964 – before her mid-60s refit. She was refitted in the mid-1960s, replacing the Type 960 long-range air warning radar with Type 965. The lattice mainmast was replaced by a plated structure to support the heavier AKE1 aerial used by the Type 965. The Type 293Q target designation radar on the foremast was replaced by a Type 993. New ESM and SCCM equipment was installed on the foremast. It was intended that Seacat missile would replace the 40 mm gun but this was not done to save money.Marriott, Leo, ''Royal Navy Frigates since 1945'', 2nd Edition, page 56. HMS Jaguar F37

''Jaguar'' sailed from Chatham United Kingdom in January 1969 and undertook a world cruise calling at Gibraltar, South Africa, Mombasa, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, Tonga, Raratonga, Tahiti, Pitcairn, Panama and Florida. During this cruise she provided medical aid at Astove, in the Seychelles. She arrived back in the UK in December 1969 and was deployed to Icelandic waters for the

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in 1973. On 10 September 1973, she collided with the Icelandic gunboat ''Thor'' (''Þór''), and had her bows damaged. She spent the rest of the month on dry dock for repairs at

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. She was then assigned to the standby squadron but was recommissioned in 1976 for service in Icelandic waters again for the

Third Cod War The Cod Wars ( is, Þorskastríðin; also known as , ; german: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century confrontations between the United Kingdom (with aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of ...

. To protect her bows and stern from damage from collisions with Icelandic gunboats, she was fitted with heavy wooden sheathing.Marriott, Leo, ''Royal Navy Frigates since 1945'', 2nd Edition, pages 56–57.

Bangladesh Navy service

After a spell in reserve, she was sold on 6 July 1978 to the

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for £2 million and commissioned in 1978 as BNS ''Ali Haider'' (F17).Gardiner, Robert ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995'', pub Conway Maritime Press, 1995, page 23.Gardiner, Robert ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995'', page 516. ''Ali Haider'' was decommissioned during a ceremony held in her home port of

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

on 22 January 2014. Name and number were taken by one of the two former Chinese Jianghu III-class frigates which reportedly had already begun their transfer voyage.

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