HMS Alacrity (F174)
HMS Alacrity was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. Alacrity was active during the Falklands War of 1982, where she sank a supply ship, survived Exocet-missile attacks and rescued men from the Atlantic Conveyor. She was transferred to Pakistan on 1 March 1994 and renamed PNS Badr. Background Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, she was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position. Royal Navy service 1977–1981 In 1977, Alacrity took part in the Fleet Review, of the Royal Navy at Spithead in celebration of HM the Queen's Silver Jubilee. In 1980, "Alacrity" took part in a Far-East deployment. During a visit to Shanghai she was the first British warship to enter the Yangtse river since HMS Amethyst escaped in 1949. Falklands War Alacrity participated in the Falklands War, departing Devonport on 5 April 1982 and captained by Commander Christopher Craig. Alacrity was slightly damaged by an Argentine bomb on 1 May 1982. On the night of 10–11 May 1982 Alacrity was tasked to establish if the Argentines had mined the north entrance of Falkland Sound. While approaching Swan Islands, she engaged and sank the 3000 ton Argentine supply ship ARA Isla de los Estados with her