Aircraft Mohawk Flight formed at RNAS Culdrose; this would be the 3rd Wasp Flight to deploy afloat and the 1st Tribal class warship to get a Ships Flight.
1964-feb
Aircraft
Aircraft Wasp XS532 assigned as /474-MO, until Mar 1964
1964-mar
Aircraft
Aircraft First Tribal class warship to embark a Wasp, off Portland.
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for an Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean deployment, returning on 1 May 1965.
1964-aug-17
Port Visit
Port VisitPort MombasaKilandine Harbour visited Mombasa, departed 3 Sep
1964-sep
Aircraft
AircraftAden HarbourWasp trials temporarily exchanged Wasp XS538 for an unidentified Wasp, equipped for tropical trials for a few days in early Sep, while at Aden. XS538 returned prior to departure.
1964-oct-06
Deployment
Deployment working in company with HMS Gurkha off Bahrain
1965-may-14
Refit
Refit arrived HMD Rosyth for a refit
1966
Deployment
Deployment relieved HMS Carysfort, off Seychelles.
1967
Deployment
Deployment near miss with frigate FNS Henri off Anguilla in the Caribbean, while operating with HMS Lynx.
1967-jul
Deployment
Deployment relieved in Bahamas by HMS Leander, as West Indies Guardship
1967-oct-06
Port Visit
Port VisitGeorge Town HSB Visited Grand Cayman for 4 days during Hurricane support support mission
1967-oct-10
Deployment
Deployment Stood off Little Cayman while a landing party conducted a Customs and Fisheries Protection assessment mission.
1967-oct-10
Deployment
Deployment Sailed alongside the north shore of Cayman Brac during late afternoon, as part of her farewell for this visit.
1970
Refit
Refit in HMD Portsmouth, until 1972.
1972-feb
Aircraft
Aircraft assigned 829Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT443 as Mohawk Flt/474-MO until damaged during forced landing 20 Mar 1972.
1972-mar
Aircraft
Aircraft 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XS568 assigned as /474-MO
1973-jun-05
Aircraft
AircraftGan Anchorage Ships Flt Wasp HAS.1 XS568/474-MO ditched in Indian Ocean, airframe recovered and shipped to Gan, when wreckage was flown back to UK.
1973-jul
Aircraft
AircraftDurban Harbour829 Sq Mohawk Flt Wasp HAS.1 XV638/474-MO joined ship in South Africa.
1977-aug-27
Deployment
DeploymentHMD DevonportNavy Days 1977 present at Plymouth Navy Days 1977
1977-sep-05
Deployment
Deployment Departed HMNB Devonport as part of Task Group 317.6 for 7.5 month Australia and Far East group deployment, led by HMS Tiger. Left in company with HMS Amazon, HMS Cleopatra and HMS Zulu. Returned to Devonport on 20 Apr 1978.
1980
Decommissioned
Decommissioned
1982-nov
Fate: scrapped
Fate: scrappedCairnryanBreakers Yard sold for scrap to Queenborough, left HMD Chatham Nov 1982 and broken up at Cairnryan from 3 Dec.