HMS Eskimo (F119)

Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Eskimo
Operator:	Royal Navy
Builder:	J. Samuel White
Laid down:	22 October 1958
Launched:	20 March 1960
Commissioned:	21 February 1963
Decommissioned:	August 1980
Motto:	Sikumi Ungaskitumi ("Fire and Ice")
Fate:	Scrapped in 1992
General characteristics
Class and type:	Tribal class frigate
Service record

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Eskimo.

HMS Eskimo (F119) was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes. She was launched on 20 March 1960 and commissioned on 21 February 1963.

In 1967, Eskimo deployed to the Mediterranean, where she visited a variety of ports, as well as performing exercises, and subsequently deployed to the Persian Gulf during the tense times there. In 1975 Eskimo deployed to the West indies as W I Guardship; visiting Montevideo at the time of Argentinean sabre rattling. She accompanied the Queen in the Royal Yacht to America's Bi-Centennial celebrations, coming home via Goose Bay Canada to visit her namesake tribe. In 1977, Eskimo also deployed to the West Indies, performing a variety of duties that the Royal Navy still performs to the present-day (2004); in the form of Atlantic Patrol Task (North). Eskimo also deployed to the South Atlantic.

In 1979, Eskimo was placed in Reserve, into the Standby Squadron. In 1980, Eskimo was decommissioned, and the following year, she was placed on the disposal list. In 1984 she was cannibalised for spare parts for the three Tribals that were sold to Indonesia. On 16 January 1986 Eskimo was towed from Portsmouth to Pembroke Dock to be used as a target, but was not used as such. In May 1992 she was towed from Pembroke to Bilbao, Spain to be scrapped.