HMS Mermaid F76 built at Yarrows Scotstoun on the Clyde, originally laid down as Black Star for Ghana but the order was cancelled in 1966.
She was eventually commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1973,decommisioned in 19737and was transferred to the Malaysian navy, renamed KD Hangtuah.
While with the Royal Navyshe was involved in an unfortunate collision with the minesweeper HMS Fittleton during a NATO exercise that resulted in the Fittleton's sinking and the deaths of a number of the RNR crew. The Mermaid was used to protect UK trawlers during one of the Cod Wars with Iceland in the 1970s over fishing rights. The frigate and the Icelandic gunboat Baldur came into close contact on the high seas.