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D02 HMS Devonshire |
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| | | 1959-mar-9 | | | Laid down | | | | as DLG01 | | | | | | | | | 1960-jun-16 | | | Launched | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1961-nov | | | Trials | | | | Wessex HAS.1 XM920 embarked for 10 days of trials | | | | | | | | | 1962-mar | | | Aircraft | | | | assigned Wessex HAS.1 XM923/989-D for Ships Flt. | | | | | | | | | 1962-nov-15 | | | Commissioned | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1964-mar | | | Aircraft | | | | Ships Flt Wessex HAS.1 (still XM923) brought under 829 Sq administration, shortly after unit reformed | | | | | | | | | 1964-jun | | | Aircraft | | | | assigned 829 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XM832/404-DV for Devonshire Flt, delivered to ship overseas, (until c Nov 1964). | | | | | | | | | 1965-jul | | | Aircraft | | | | assigned 829 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XS864/404-DV for Devonshire Flt (until Sep 1967). | | | | | | | | | 1967-nov | | | Deployment | | | | part of Task Force 318 to cover the British withdrawal from Aden during Operation Magister. | | | | | | | | | 1971-mar | | | Aircraft | | | | assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XS149/403-DV for Devonshire Flt (until Apr 1974). | | | | | | | | | 1974-apr-10 | | | Aircraft | | | | Wessex HAS.3 XP105/403-DV assigned to Devonshire Flt. | | | | | | | | | 1974-jul | | | Deployment | | |  |  Akrotiri Bay  Partition of Cyprus part of Task Force to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency | | | | | | | | | 1975-dec | | | Aircraft | | | | assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XP137/403-DV for Devonshire Flt (until c Apr 1976). | | | | | | | | | 1976-sep | | | Aircraft | | | | assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM844/403-DV for Ships Flt (until Dec 1976). | | | | | | | | | 1976-dec-13 | | | Aircraft | | | | mouth of St Georges Channel St Georges Channel lost 737 Sq Devonshire Flt Wessex HAS.3 XM844 overboard during a night take off near the mouth of St Georges Channel. | | | | | | | | | 1977-jun-25 | | | Deployment | | | | Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Mother Bank | | | | | | | | | 1978-jul-30 | | | Decommissioned | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1978-sep-13 | | | | | | | to Disposal List | | | | | | | | | 1982 | | | | | | | planned sale to Egypt collapsed. Her hangar was cannibalised for use in the repair to HMS Glamorgan, after Falklands damage. | | | | | | | | | 1984-jul-17 | | | Fate: sunk | | | | expended as a target | | |
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