1961 to 1977
F117 HMS Ashanti
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IMO: | | MMSI: | | Flight Deck: | AS | Call Sign: | GDCE | Shipyard: | Yarrow |
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1956-feb | Ordered | Ordered | | 1958-jan-15 | Laid down | Laid down Yard No 2121 | | 1959-mar-09 | Launched | Launched | | 1961-nov-23 | Commissioned | Commissioned | | 1962-mar-04 | Aircraft | Aircraft P.531 XN334 ditched while operating trials off Portland. | | 1962-oct-04 | Trials | Trials engines failed during sea trials in the Caribbean | | 1964-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Wasp HAS.1 XS540 as Ashanti Flt/177-AS, until c Aug 1965. | | 1965-oct | Aircraft | Aircraft 829 NAS Ashanti Flight reformed at RNAS Culdrose during Oct 1965, moved to RNAS Portland during Nov and received its Wasp in mid Dec 1965. | | 1966-jul-25 | Deployment | Deployment Departed UK for Persian Gulf deployment. The Wasp had joined ship at Devonport on 19 Jul. | | 1966-dec-31 | Deployment | Deployment Alongside in Aden for COSAG repair. Some crew seconded to Army for road blocks and up country retreat tactics. | | 1967-jun | Deployment | Deployment assigned to Eastern Task Force off Aden, guarding interests during Middle East Six Day War. Relieved on station by HMS Eskimo. | | 1969-dec | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT794 as Ashanti Flt/427-AS, until Sep 1975. | | 1973-aug | Deployment | Deployment sailed for caribbean | | 1974-aug-04 | | Sailed for UK | | 1975-oct | Aircraft | Aircraft 829 Sq Wasp XT781/427 joined ship in Malta, until Feb 1976 | | 1977 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered to reserve | | 1978-apr | Aircraft | Aircraft Assigned Wasp HAS.1 XS562 / 427 by Apr 1978 as Ships Flt until c May 1979. | | 1979-jun | Aircraft | Aircraft Assigned Wasp HAS.1 XS572 / 427 by Jun 1979 as Ships Flt until c Mar 1980 | | 1981 | | reclassified as harbour training ship, until c 1987 | | 1988-sep-07 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk Expended as fleet target | |
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