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1965-dec-6 | Laid down | F58 HMS Hermione laid down and launched at Alexander Stephen | |
1966-may-25 | Laid down | F57 HMS Andromeda | |
1966-oct-3 | Laid down | F60 HMS Jupiter | |
1967-jan-27 | Laid down | F75 HMS Charybdis Yard No 1675. | |
1967-apr-26 | Launched | F58 HMS Hermione at Alexander Stephen, Yard No 697 and completed at Yarrow. | |
1967-may-17 | Laid down | F71 HMS Scylla | |
1967-may-24 | Launched | F57 HMS Andromeda the last warship to be built at HMD Portsmouth | |
1967-sep-4 | Launched | F60 HMS Jupiter | |
1968-feb-28 | Launched | F75 HMS Charybdis aka The Cherry B. As of Oct 2019, this was the last warship actually built in Belfast (others had undergone maintenance / refit). | |
1968-aug-8 | Launched | F71 HMS Scylla | |
1968-dec-2 | Commissioned | F57 HMS Andromeda | |
1969-mar | Aircraft | F57 HMS Andromeda assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XV626/472-AM as Ships Flt, until c Oct 1970 | |
1969-may | Aircraft | F75 HMS Charybdis assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT430 as /431-CY by May 1969 for working up, until Jul 1969. | |
1969-jun-2 | Commissioned | F75 HMS Charybdis | |
1969-jul-11 | Commissioned | F58 HMS Hermione joined 4th Frigate Squadron | |
1969-jul-26 | Deployment | F75 HMS Charybdis Fleet Review: Ships of the Western Fleet Present at Ships of the Western Fleet review in Torbay. | |
1969-jul-31 | Aircraft | F75 HMS Charybdis assigned 829 Sq Wasp XV635/431, until c Oct 1975 | |
1969-aug-9 | Commissioned | F60 HMS Jupiter | |
1969-dec-16 | Trials | F71 HMS Scylla | |
1970 | Deployment | F75 HMS Charybdis Despatched as representative ships carrying Prince Charles to the Fiji Independence Celebrations | |
1970 | Deployment | F58 HMS Hermione Beira Patrol off Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions. | |
1970-feb-12 | Commissioned | F71 HMS Scylla | |
1970-apr | Aircraft | F71 HMS Scylla assigned 829 Sq Wasp XS534/432 until 1972 accident | |
1970-apr-17 | Deployment | F58 HMS Hermione Apollo XIII splashdown recovery to waters south of Rio de Janeiro as standby for tertiary splashdown site for Apollo XIII recovery | |
1970-apr-21 | Deployment | F60 HMS Jupiter to Trinidad, following local riots | |
1970-aug-29 | Port Visit | F71 HMS Scylla Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1970. | |
1970-oct-23 | Deployment | F57 HMS Andromeda attended mv Pacific Glory in company with HMS Zulu and the Bembridge Lifeboat RNLI Jesse Lamb off Isle of Wight, after she was hit and set ablaze in the English Channel. | |
1970-nov-2 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla Exercise Lime Jug departed Valletta on 29 Oct for Lime Jug, in company with HMS Ark Royal. ENDEX on 15 Nov. | |
1971-feb | Aircraft | F57 HMS Andromeda assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT438/472 as Ships Flt, until c Jul 1973 | |
1972-jan | Deployment | F60 HMS Jupiter Assigned to STANAVFORLANT until Jul 1972. | |
1972-jan-20 | Aircraft | F71 HMS Scylla whilst operating off Ascension Island, lost Wasp XS534/432 when it ditched and sank. | |
1972-aug | Refit | F60 HMS Jupiter Refitting | |
1972-dec-1 | Port Visit | F57 HMS Andromeda visit to Mumbai (then Bombay) until 12 Dec. | |
1973 | Deployment | F60 HMS Jupiter Went to cod war Iceland 6 weeks. Re fitted i devonport. 9 month tour around the world. | |
1973-jan-22 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla collided with one of the Torpoint chain ferries in the Tamar estuary. | |
1973-apr | Aircraft | F60 HMS Jupiter assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XS562/443 as Jupiter Flt, until c Aug 1975 | |
1973-jun-7 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla rammed by Icelandic gunboat Aegir during the Cod Wars, causing minor damage. | |
1973-jun-8 | Deployment | F58 HMS Hermione 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 Rhyl. The group was supported by RFA Regent and RFA Tidespring, until it returned to the UK on 21 Dec 1973. | |
1973-sep | Aircraft | F57 HMS Andromeda assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT421/472 as Ships Flt, until c Nov 1977 | |
1974-jun-24 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla present at 200th anniversary of possession of Australia. | |
1974-jul | Deployment | F57 HMS Andromeda Partition of Cyprus part of Task Force escort to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency | |
1975-feb-6 | Deployment | F75 HMS Charybdis Separation of Cypriot states Ordered from exercises off Lisbon to Cyprus to support the UN Peace Keeping Force and British interests, until 14 Feb. | |
1975-sep | Refit | F58 HMS Hermione into refit, completing Jun 1976. Rejoined the Fleet with the 5th Frigate Squadron. | |
1975-sep-4 | Port Visit | F71 HMS Scylla visited Goteborg. | |
1975-dec-28 | Deployment | F57 HMS Andromeda ramming incident with Icelandic patrol boat during 3rd Cod War. | |
1976-jan-7 | Deployment | F57 HMS Andromeda ramming incident with Icelandic patrol boat during 3rd Cod War, resulting in sufficient damage to withdraw to UK for repairs. | |
1976-feb | Aircraft | F75 HMS Charybdis assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT781/431-CY, until c Apr 1976 | |
1976-apr | Aircraft | F75 HMS Charybdis assigned 829 Sq Wasp XS566/431 until Jun 1976 | |
1976-jun | Aircraft | F60 HMS Jupiter assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT431/443-JP as Jupiter Flt, until c Mar 1979 | |
1976-aug-28 | Port Visit | F57 HMS Andromeda Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1976. | |
1976-aug-28 | Port Visit | F75 HMS Charybdis Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1976. | |
1976-aug-28 | Port Visit | F58 HMS Hermione Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1976. | |
1976-aug-28 | Port Visit | F60 HMS Jupiter present at Plymouth Navy Days 1976. | |
1977-apr | Aircraft | F71 HMS Scylla assigned 829 Sq Wasp XS543/432 until at least Sep 1978 | |
1977-jun-25 | Deployment | F58 HMS Hermione Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (as Captain 5F), off Browndown | |
1977-jun-25 | Deployment | F57 HMS Andromeda Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (as Captain 6F), off Browndown | |
1977-jun-25 | Deployment | F75 HMS Charybdis Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (6th Frigate Squadron), off Lee anchorage | |
1977-jun-25 | Deployment | F60 HMS Jupiter Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (Captain 7F), off Gosport | |
1977-jun-25 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (Captain 8F), off Browndown | |
1977-nov-16 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla rendezvous with HMS Eskimo off Grand Bahama | |
1978-mar | Refit | F57 HMS Andromeda Sea Wolf Seawolf conversion and fit for Lynx operations commenced, completed end of 1980 | |
1978-may-31 | Deployment | F58 HMS Hermione departed HMNB Devonport in company with HMS Ambuscade and HMS Leander. Joined up in English Channel with HMS Blake, the Flagship of Task Group 317.7 for a 6.5 month Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific group deployment, escorted by HMS Juno and supported by RFA Green Rover, RFA Stromness and RFA Tidespring. Returned to Devonport 12 Dec 1978. | |
1978-dec | Aircraft | F71 HMS Scylla assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT784/432 until c Sep 1980, when Mother preparing for refit | |
1979-jun | Refit | F75 HMS Charybdis Sea Wolf Seawolf conversion commenced at HMD Devonport, completed Aug 1982 | |
1979-sep | Deployment | F60 HMS Jupiter to Nov 1979, patrolling off Belize | |
1980-jan | Refit | F58 HMS Hermione Sea Wolf Seawolf conversion commenced at HMD Chatham, completed Oct 1983. Hermione was the last frigate to undergo refit before HMD Chatham closed. She rejoined the Fleet with the 6th Frigate Squadron. | |
1980-jan | Refit | F60 HMS Jupiter Sea Wolf Seawolf conversion commenced, completed Jun 1983 | |
1980-aug-7 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla Off Grand Cayman with RFA Green Rover, for Hurricane Allen relief operations. | |
1980-nov | Refit | F71 HMS Scylla Sea Wolf Seawolf conversion and Lynx preparations commenced at HMD Devonport, completed end 1984 | |
1980-nov | Aircraft | F57 HMS Andromeda assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ722 as /472 until c Mar 1984. | |
1981-aug-29 | | F60 HMS Jupiter present at Plymouth Navy Days 1981, in refit | |
1982-jan-5 | Trials | F57 HMS Andromeda departed UK for AUTEC range to conduct Stingray torpedo trials. | |
1982-may-10 | Deployment | F57 HMS Andromeda Operation Corporate Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic, as part of Bristol Group. Left theatre 22 Aug 1982. | |
1982-jul | Aircraft | F75 HMS Charybdis assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ692 short term, as Charybdis Flt / 431-CY until c Sep 1982. | |
1982-sep | Aircraft | F75 HMS Charybdis assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ734 as / 431-CY until c Mar1986 | |
1983 | Deployment | F57 HMS Andromeda Spent latter part of the year on deployment in the Indian Ocean region operating alongside HMNZS Waikato | |
1983 | Trials | F60 HMS Jupiter supported Lynx deck landing trials, off Portland | |
1983-sep | Aircraft | F60 HMS Jupiter assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ227/443 as Jupiter Flt, until c Aug 1984 | |
1983-dec-2 | Deployment | F57 HMS Andromeda Operation Offcut while returning via an Armilla Patrol mission on the return leg from a global deployment, ordered off Cyprus in readiness to sail to Beirut, if required. | |
1984-apr | Aircraft | F57 HMS Andromeda assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ244 as /472-AM, until c Oct 1985 | |
1984-jun-13 | Port Visit | F60 HMS Jupiter Nudged a bridge, whilst in the Pool of London | |
1984-oct | Aircraft | F71 HMS Scylla assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 ZD256/432-SC until c Mar 1988 | |
1986-jan-17 | Deployment | F60 HMS Jupiter Operation Balsac diverted to Aden for Operation Balsac | |
1986-jan-24 | Port Visit | F75 HMS Charybdis visited Pool of London, alongside HMS Belfast, with Lynx HAS.2 XZ734 / 431-CY embarked. | |
1986-aug | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla Armilla Patrol exercised with HMS Illustrious in the Mediterranean while Illustrious made for the Suez Canal. Scylla joining Armilla Patrol at the time. | |
1986-aug-7 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla Armilla Patrol relieved HMS Brazen and HMS Southampton from Armilla Patrol duties on station. | |
1986-sep-23 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla rendezvous with BAP Jules Verne, off Berbera. | |
1987 | Deployment | F71 HMS Scylla Armilla Patrol deployed late 1987-early 1988 | |
1987-oct | Aircraft | F60 HMS Jupiter assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ728/443-JP as Jupiter Flt, until c Mar 1988 | |
1988-mar | Aircraft | F75 HMS Charybdis assigned 815 NAS newly converted Lynx HAS.3GM ZD253 as / 431-CY until c Oct 1989. | |
1988-jun | Aircraft | F60 HMS Jupiter assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ230/443 as Jupiter Flt, until c Dec 1989 | |
1988-sep | Aircraft | F57 HMS Andromeda assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ227 as /472-AM, until c Mar 1989 | |
1990-apr | Aircraft | F60 HMS Jupiter assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3GMS XZ228/443 as Jupiter Flt, until c Mar 1991 | |
1990-jun-1 | Aircraft | F58 HMS Hermione assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.3GMS XZ734 as /475-HM by Jul 1989 until flight deck accident on 1 Jun 1990. | |
1990-jul | Aircraft | F75 HMS Charybdis assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.3 XZ695/431-CY until Aug 1991, prior to decommissioning | |
1990-sep | Deployment | F60 HMS Jupiter Armilla Patrol Along with HMS Battleaxe and HMS York, were relieved by HMS Brazen, HMS Cardiff and HMS Gloucester (as part of TG 321.1). | |
1990-sep | Aircraft | F58 HMS Hermione assigned 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 ZD257/475-HM until c Jun 1991 | |
1990-nov | Aircraft | F71 HMS Scylla assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ725/432 until c Mar 1991 | |
1991-jan-10 | Deployment | F75 HMS Charybdis departed HMNB Portsmouth, in company with HMS Ark Royal as part of TG 323.2 for the eastern Mediterranean, to operate with US 6th Fleet for the defence of western flank of forces during Desert Shield/Storm and the supporting Armilla Patrol. | |
1991-mar | Aircraft | F71 HMS Scylla assigned Lynx HAS.3 (on short term loan from HMS Jupiter ?) XZ228/303-JP, until Jun 1991 | |
1991-sep-30 | Decommissioned | F75 HMS Charybdis | |
1991-oct | Deployment | F60 HMS Jupiter South Atlantic deployment until Feb 1992, arriving back in UK 26 Mar. | |
1991-dec | Deployment | F58 HMS Hermione Armilla Patrol on deployment in the Persian Gulf | |
1992 | Decommissioned | F58 HMS Hermione | |
1992-jan-20 | Aircraft | F71 HMS Scylla assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ227/432-SC until c Mar 1992 | |
1992-jun-30 | Decommissioned | F60 HMS Jupiter | |
1993 | Decommissioned | F71 HMS Scylla | |
1993-jan | Aircraft | F57 HMS Andromeda assigned 815 Sq 227 Flt Lynx HAS.3 XZ694/472-AN for a few days in Jan-Feb 1993. Did she ever embark ? | |
1993-jun | Decommissioned | F57 HMS Andromeda | |
1993-jun-11 | Fate: sunk | F75 HMS Charybdis expended as Fleet target | |
1995 | Fate: transfered | F57 HMS Andromeda to India as INS Krishna (F46) | |
1997-sep | Fate: transfered | F60 HMS Jupiter sold for scrap | |
1998 | Fate: scrapped | F60 HMS Jupiter scrapped at Alang, India | |
1998-may | Fate: scrapped | F58 HMS Hermione scrapped in India | |
2004-mar-27 | Fate: sunk | F71 HMS Scylla sunk as artificial reef Whitsand Bay, Cornwall | |
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