1960 to 1982    

F129 HMS Rhyl

UK Royal Navy





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Flight Deck: RL
Call Sign: GDCA
Shipyard: HMD Portsmouth





  Events


History of UK HMS Rhyl F129

1958-jan-29Laid downLaid down
1959-apr-23LaunchedLaunched
1960-oct-30CommissionedCommissioned
1961-decDeploymentDeployment off Goa Indian Ocean deployment, ordered off Goa following the Indian annexation of 18/19 Dec.
1964-jan-12DeploymentDeployment TZ Dar-es-Salaam Harbour East African Mutinies sailed from Mombasa with a British Army contingent, joining with HMS Centaur, to assist with management of the East African Mutinies
1966-marDeploymentDeployment Mozambique Channel Beira Beira Patrol Beira Patrol, off Mozambique to enforce UN sanctions against Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
1968-aug-08DeploymentDeployment Sailed from Plymouth to take up duties as West Indies Guard Ship till June 1969
1970-aug-29Port VisitPort Visit HMD Devonport Navy Days 1970 present at Plymouth Navy Days 1970.
1971RefitRefit Ready for Wasp Sea Cat until 1972 at HMD Devonport to fit Seacat, upgrade electronics and equip for Wasp operations
1971-aug-28 HMD Devonport Navy Days 1971 present (in refit) at Plymouth Navy Days 1971.
1973-aprPort VisitPort Visit visited St Helena, in company with HMS Apollo and RFA Tidereach.
1973-jun-08DeploymentDeployment departed HMNB Portsmouth as escort for HMS Tiger, Flagship for Far East group deployment of Task Group 317.1, in company with HMS Dido and HMS Hermione. The group was supported by RFA Regent and RFA Tidespring, until it returned to the UK on 21 Dec 1973.
1973-novPort VisitPort Visit visited Simonstown naval base
1974-julDeploymentDeployment CY Akrotiri Bay Partition of Cyprus part of Task Force escort to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency
1977-sep-05DeploymentDeployment Departed HMNB Portsmouth for 7.5 month group deployment (TG 317.6) to Australia and Far East, escorting HMS Tiger and in company with RFA Grey Rover, RFA Regent, RFA Tarbatness and RFA Tidepool. Returned 20 Apr 1978.
1982-mayAircraftAircraft assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT784 as Rhyl Flt/446, until c Jul 1983
1983DecommissionedDecommissioned



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  Specifications


Type 12 Rothesay class
235crew
2144light (tn)
2577full load (tn)
112.70length (m)
12.50beam (m)
5.20draught (m)
30max speed (knots)

1Missile Launcher Sea Cat

2Naval Gun single 20 mm
2Chaff and decoys Corvus chaff launcher

1Naval Radar navigation radar Type 978
1Naval Radar surface and low level air search radar Type 993

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