1961 to 1983
F106 HMS Brighton
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IMO: | | MMSI: | | Flight Deck: | BR | Call Sign: | GDCU | Shipyard: | Yarrow |
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1957-jul-23 | Laid down | Laid down | | 1959-oct-30 | Launched | Launched | | 1961-sep-28 | Commissioned | Commissioned | | 1962-jul | | visit to Brighton sussex | | 1967-may | Deployment | Deployment off Aden, as escort for HMS Victorious. | | 1967-jun | Deployment | Deployment assigned to Eastern Task Force off Aden, guarding interests during Middle East Six Day War | | 1967-oct | Deployment | Deployment Gibraltar Harbour 1st warship to take up Gibraltar Guardship duties | | 1968-aug | Refit | Refit HMD Chatham Sea Cat until 1971 at HMD Chatham to fit Seacat, upgrade electronics and equip for Wasp operations | | 1971-sep | Aircraft | Aircraft Wasp HAS.1 XT779 as 829 Sq Brighton Flt / 461-BR until c Jan 1972 | | 1974-jul | Deployment | Deployment Akrotiri Bay Partition of Cyprus part of Task Force escort to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency | | 1975-apr | Aircraft | Aircraft Wasp HAS.1 XT415 as 829 Sq Brighton Flt initially as /461-BR (c Mar 1976) then as /452-BR until c Jul 1981 | | 1977 | | silver jubilee close inspection of ships photo will reveal a plastic bucket up the mast, it did not go un-noticed. | | 1977-jun-25 | Deployment | Deployment Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (6th Frigate Squadron), off Browndown | | 1979-aug | Aircraft | Aircraft with Wasp XT415 on Plymouth Navy day | | 1983 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | | 1985-sep | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped sold for scrap on River Medway, Kent | |
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