Ashanti was built by Yarrow, of Scotstoun, at a cost of £5,315,000 and was the first commissioned Royal Navy warship to be equipped with combined steam and gas (COSAG) engines."Second £7M. Assault Ship for the Navy". The Times (55326): Col A, p. 5. 27 February 1962. She was launched on 9 March 1959 and commissioned on 23 November 1961.Gardiner, Robert & Chesneau, Roger (1995), p. 518.
