| |  D92 HMS Liverpool | |
| 1970-jan-15 | Laid down | Laid down D80 HMS Sheffield | |
| 1971-jun-10 | Launched | Launched D80 HMS Sheffield by HM Queen Elizabeth II. | |
| 1971-nov | Ordered | Ordered D88 HMS Glasgow | |
| 1971-nov-11 | Ordered | Ordered D87 HMS Newcastle | |
| 1972-mar-28 | Laid down | Laid down D86 HMS Birmingham Yard No. V.1358 | |
| 1972-nov-03 | Laid down | Laid down D108 HMS Cardiff at VSEL Barrow, Yard No 1091. | |
| 1973-jan-29 | Laid down | Laid down D118 HMS Coventry Yard No. V.1359 | |
| 1973-feb-21 | Laid down | Laid down D87 HMS Newcastle Yard No. 61 | |
| 1973-jul-30 | Launched | Launched D86 HMS Birmingham | |
| 1974-feb-22 | Launched | Launched D108 HMS Cardiff completed at Swan Hunter (Hebburn) from Feb 1976. | |
| 1974-mar-07 | Laid down | Laid down D88 HMS Glasgow Yard No. 62 | |
| 1974-jun-21 | Launched | Launched D118 HMS Coventry | |
| 1975-feb-16 | Commissioned | Commissioned D80 HMS Sheffield | |
| 1975-apr-24 | Launched | Launched D87 HMS Newcastle | |
| 1976-jan-22 | Ordered | Ordered D89 HMS Exeter | |
| 1976-mar-17 | Ordered | Ordered D90 HMS Southampton | |
| 1976-apr-14 | Launched | Launched D88 HMS Glasgow | |
| 1976-jul-22 | Laid down | Laid down D89 HMS Exeter as first Batch 2 Type 42, Yard No. 101 | |
| 1976-sep-23 | | D88 HMS Glasgow Major fire broke out while being fitted out with builders | |
| 1976-oct-21 | Laid down | Laid down D90 HMS Southampton as second Batch 2 Type 42 | |
| 1976-dec | Aircraft | Aircraft D80 HMS Sheffield assigned to 829 Squadron
Wasp HAS.1 XT441 / 337 as Ships Flt | |
| 1976-dec-03 | Commissioned | Commissioned D86 HMS Birmingham | |
| 1977-feb | Trials | Trials D86 HMS Birmingham Undertook first of type Lynx HAS.2 deck landing trials with 700(L) IFTU. | |
| 1977-mar-01 | Ordered | Ordered D91 HMS Nottingham | |
| 1977-may-25 | Commissioned | Commissioned D88 HMS Glasgow with the icon of St Mungo, Patron Saint of Glasgow as Ships Crest | |
| 1977-may-27 | Ordered | Ordered D92 HMS Liverpool | |
| 1977-jun-25 | Deployment | Deployment D86 HMS Birmingham Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Guardship for Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Ryde Sand | |
| 1977-jun-25 | Deployment | Deployment D80 HMS Sheffield Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review), off Gosport | |
| 1977-aug | Aircraft | Aircraft D86 HMS Birmingham assigned Lynx HAS.2 XZ232/333-BM by Aug 1977 until at least Sep 1979. | |
| 1978-jan-04 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 702 Sqn, 203 Flt Lynx XZ239 assigned as /345 Newcastle Flt | |
| 1978-feb | Homeport | Homeport D87 HMS Newcastle arrived at HMNB Portsmouth after completion of builders trials | |
| 1978-feb-06 | Laid down | Laid down D91 HMS Nottingham as Batch 2 Type 42 | |
| 1978-mar-23 | Commissioned | Commissioned D87 HMS Newcastle | |
| 1978-apr-25 | Launched | Launched D89 HMS Exeter | |
| 1978-jun | Deployment | Deployment D86 HMS Birmingham departed HMNB Portsmouth as a late joiner to HMS Blake, the Flagship of Task Group 317.7, for a 6 month Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific group deployment. Returned to Portsmouth 12 Dec 1978. | |
| 1978-jul-05 | Laid down | Laid down D92 HMS Liverpool as Batch 2 Type 42, Yard No. V.1374 | |
| 1978-oct-20 | Commissioned | Commissioned D118 HMS Coventry | |
| 1979-jan-29 | Launched | Launched D90 HMS Southampton | |
| 1979-feb-03 | Aircraft | Aircraft D80 HMS Sheffield assigned to 829 Squadron
Ships Flt Wasp XT441/337 ditched in sea off Gibraltar following engine fire and tail severed. Wreck recovered to UK. | |
| 1979-mar-05 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle Maiden deployment to South Atlantic, returning Jun 1979 | |
| 1979-mar-08 | | D88 HMS Glasgow put back to sea after repairs from major fire while with builders. | |
| 1979-apr | Aircraft | Aircraft D118 HMS Coventry assigned 815 NAS 212 Flt Lynx HAS.2 XZ250 / 336-CV, until c Jan 1980 | |
| 1979-jun | Refit | Refit D80 HMS Sheffield until Nov 1980. | |
| 1979-jun | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.2 XZ254/344-GW for Ships Flt until Apr 1981 | |
| 1979-aug | Aircraft | Aircraft D108 HMS Cardiff assigned 702 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ255 as Cardiff Flt / 335-CF, until c Dec 1981 | |
| 1979-sep-24 | Commissioned | Commissioned D108 HMS Cardiff | |
| 1980-feb | Aircraft | Aircraft D118 HMS Coventry assigned 815 NAS 212 Flt Lynx HAS.2 XZ257 / 336-CV, until c Nov 1981 | |
| 1980-feb-18 | Launched | Launched D91 HMS Nottingham | |
| 1980-aug-08 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow to St Lucia for disaster relief operations following Hurricane Allen | |
| 1980-sep-19 | Commissioned | Commissioned D89 HMS Exeter | |
| 1980-sep-25 | Launched | Launched D92 HMS Liverpool | |
| 1980-oct-07 | Deployment | Deployment D118 HMS Coventry Armilla Patrol First British Warship to be assigned the Armilla Patrol duty, with XZ257 embarked. | |
| 1981-mar | Refit | Refit D86 HMS Birmingham Refit until c Mar 1982. Post refit trials shortened. | |
| 1981-mar-06 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle Armilla Patrol departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month Armilla Patrol deployment to Middle East, Persian Gulf and East Africa, joining HMS Rothesay, RFA Fort Grange and RFA Olna. Relieved HMS Ardent on arrival. Returned 3 Aug 1981. | |
| 1981-apr | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.2 XZ732/344-GW for Ships Flt until Apr 1982 | |
| 1981-may | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow supported by RFA Olwen and HM Submarine Superb, shadowed Kirov task group in the northern Atlantic. | |
| 1981-may-26 | Aircraft | Aircraft D90 HMS Southampton 815 Sq Southampton Flight formed at RNAS Portland. | |
| 1981-jun | Aircraft | Aircraft D89 HMS Exeter allocated 815 NAS Lynx XZ733 as Exeter Flt/420-EX, until c Aug 1982 | |
| 1981-aug-29 | Port Visit | Port Visit D108 HMS Cardiff Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1981 | |
| 1981-oct-31 | Commissioned | Commissioned D90 HMS Southampton alongside QE II Terminal, Southampton | |
| 1981-nov-16 | Aircraft | Aircraft D90 HMS Southampton embarkation of 815 Sq Southampton Flt with Lynx HAS.2 known as Monty | |
| 1982-jan | Aircraft | Aircraft D118 HMS Coventry assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ700 /336-CV by Jan 1982 | |
| 1982-feb | Deployment | Deployment D108 HMS Cardiff Armilla Patrol ordered to Armilla Patorl area. | |
| 1982-feb-15 | Refit | Refit D87 HMS Newcastle 6 month refit, completed 21 Jul 1982. | |
| 1982-mar-15 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 203 Flt Lynx XZ242 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt but reassigned to Coventry Flt on 17 Apr 1982 | |
| 1982-apr-02 | Deployment | Deployment D118 HMS Coventry Operation Corporate Ordered to South Atlantic from Exercise Springtrain, off Gibraltar. | |
| 1982-apr-02 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow Operation Corporate Ordered to South Atlantic from Exercise Springtrain to join CV Battle Group, suffering bomb damage on 12 May and leaving theatre on 27 May 1982. | |
| 1982-apr-02 | Deployment | Deployment D80 HMS Sheffield Operation Corporate Ordered to South Atlantic from exercise with 815 Squadron 213 Flt (XZ725/337-SD) embarked to join Advanced Group. Exchanged Lynx for XZ721 with HMS Brilliant 22 Apr 1982. | |
| 1982-apr-17 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 203 Flt Lynx XZ700 assigned to Newcastle Flt but never reached the ship (sunk with mv Atlantic Conveyor 25 May 1982) | |
| 1982-apr-17 | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.2 XZ247/344 for Ships Flt until May 1982 | |
| 1982-apr-17 | Aircraft | Aircraft D118 HMS Coventry exchanged Ships Flt with Sea Skua fitted Lynx HAS.2 XZ242 /336 | |
| 1982-apr-20 | Deployment | Deployment D108 HMS Cardiff Operation Corporate Left Mombasa for South Atlantic to join Bristol Group, leaving theatre on 7 Jul 1982 after being relieved by HMS Birmingham. | |
| 1982-may | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D80 HMS Sheffield | |
| 1982-may | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D118 HMS Coventry | |
| 1982-may-04 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 203 Flt Lynx XZ720 assigned to Newcastle Flt aboard RFA Fort Austin, transferred to HMS Hermes 3 Jul 1982 for return to UK from Falkland Islands. | |
| 1982-may-07 | Deployment | Deployment D89 HMS Exeter Operation Corporate Departed St Johns, Antigua while West Indies Guardship for South Atlantic to replace HMS Sheffield, leaving theatre on 7 Jul 1982. | |
| 1982-may-10 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk D80 HMS Sheffield struck by Exocet missle on 4 May 1982 in South Atlantic and later sank while under tow | |
| 1982-may-12 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow hit by 1000lb bomb, which passed through the hull without exploding. | |
| 1982-may-17 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn Lynx XZ240 assigned to Newcastle Flt aboard HMS Hermes | |
| 1982-may-25 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk D118 HMS Coventry Sunk after being hit by bombs in South Atlantic | |
| 1982-may-25 | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.2 XZ696/344-GW for Ships Flt until Jun 1982 | |
| 1982-jun-06 | Aircraft | Aircraft D108 HMS Cardiff Gazelle XX377 incident | |
| 1982-jun-18 | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic, in company with HMS Birmingham, HMS Apollo, HMS Bacchante and RFA Olwen, to patrol the post-war Falklands TEZ, returning to Portsmouth 17 Oct. | |
| 1982-jun-18 | Deployment | Deployment D86 HMS Birmingham departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic in company with HMS Southampton, to relieve ships from Operation Corporate. Returned 17 Oct. | |
| 1982-jun-28 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 241 Flt Lynx XZ256 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Sep 1982 (when damaged S of Ascension Island). | |
| 1982-jul-09 | Commissioned | Commissioned D92 HMS Liverpool aka Crazy Red Chicken | |
| 1982-sep | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 241 Flt Lynx XZ731 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Mar 1984 | |
| 1982-sep | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.2 XZ694/344-GW for Ships Flt until Dec 1982 | |
| 1982-sep | Aircraft | Aircraft D92 HMS Liverpool 815 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ245 assigned as /332-LP until c Aug 1983 | |
| 1982-sep-06 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month security patrol around Falkland Islands in company with 5 other RN warships. Newcastle returned to UK on 20 Dec 1982. | |
| 1982-nov-08 | Deployment | Deployment D92 HMS Liverpool Departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic, left theatre 28 Mar 1983. | |
| 1983-jan-19 | Port Visit | Port Visit D90 HMS Southampton visit to Hamburg for 6 days, until 24 Jan. | |
| 1983-apr-08 | Commissioned | Commissioned D91 HMS Nottingham | |
| 1983-apr-27 | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic to patrol the Falklands TEZ, returning to Portsmouth mid Sep. | |
| 1983-jul-15 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month security patrol around Falkland Islands in company with 3 other RN warships. Newcastle returned to UK in Dec 1983. | |
| 1984 | | D90 HMS Southampton collided with a navigation buoy around the Shambles, off Portland, resulting in damage requiring alongside repairs. | |
| 1984-jan | Deployment | Deployment D91 HMS Nottingham departed UK for South Atlantic deployment, returned c Jul. | |
| 1984-mar-05 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 241 Flt Lynx XZ246 on temporary loan to Newcastle Flt | |
| 1984-mar-12 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow departed HMNB Portsmouth for a 5 month and Indian Ocean deployment, returned on 18 Aug | |
| 1984-jun-14 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle short European waters deployment, returned 18 Jul 1984 | |
| 1985 | Refit | Refit D86 HMS Birmingham at Rosyth, amongst other things to fit for Lynx HAS.3, returned to Portsmouth 1988. Preparing for refit, 200 Flt Lynx transferred to HMS Ambuscade. | |
| 1985-may | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 241 Flt Lynx ZD265 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until c Mar 1986 | |
| 1985-aug-13 | | D90 HMS Southampton HMS Southampton(D90) visited Portsmouth, New Hampshire from August 13-21, 1985. From October 1985 until March 1986, it travelled to and from the Falkland s on patrol. | |
| 1985-oct-24 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month Persian Gulf and East African maritime security mission, arriving back in the UK on 27 Feb 1986 | |
| 1986-jan-17 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle Operation Balsac diverted to Aden for Operation Balsac. Ships Flt ZD265 transferred c 250 evacuees, 6 at a time from mv Diamond Princess on 23 Jan and made for Djbouti. | |
| 1986-mar-12 | Refit | Refit D87 HMS Newcastle for 19 month refit, to include many of the lessons from the 1982 Falklands conflict, emerging on 6 Nov 1987 | |
| 1986-apr | Deployment | Deployment D89 HMS Exeter Operation Clover sent to Gibraltar until May 1986 to support protection of territorial waters and strengthen the Gibraltar Guardship | |
| 1986-jun | Aircraft | Aircraft D90 HMS Southampton assigned Lynx ZD257 as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Apr 1988. | |
| 1986-jul | Aircraft | Aircraft D89 HMS Exeter Lynx XZ733 as 815 NAS Exeter Flt by Jul 1986 (possibly only seen at Yeovilton, having returned from conversion, still in Exeter Flt markings ?) | |
| 1986-aug-07 | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton Armilla Patrol relieved from Armilla Patrol on station by HMS Syclla. | |
| 1986-sep | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3 XZ696/344-GW for Ships Flt until Mar 1988 | |
| 1986-sep | Deployment | Deployment D91 HMS Nottingham Armilla Patrol Persian Gulf - Armilla patrol | |
| 1987-mar | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow sent to Zeebrugge, to assist with the capsized ferry, Herald of Free Enterprise | |
| 1987-mar-31 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow departed HMNB Rosyth for 5 month North Atlantic and Caribbean deployment, returned on 28 Aug | |
| 1987-oct | Aircraft | Aircraft D86 HMS Birmingham 815 Sq 241 Flt Lynx HAS.3 detached to RFA TIdespring until Dec 1987. | |
| 1988 | Refit | Refit D108 HMS Cardiff refit completed Mar 1989 | |
| 1988-jan | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 223 Flt Lynx XZ248 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until c Dec 1990 | |
| 1988-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft D92 HMS Liverpool 829 Sq Lynx HAS.3 ZD251 assigned as /332-LP until c Oct 1988 | |
| 1988-aug-03 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth after refit, for 4 month deployment as West Indies Guardship, returning on 12 Dec 1987. | |
| 1988-sep | Aircraft | Aircraft D86 HMS Birmingham assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 ZD256/333-BM until c Mar 1989 | |
| 1988-sep | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3S XZ240/344-GW for Ships Flt until Mar 1991 | |
| 1988-sep-03 | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton Armilla Patrol Armilla Patrol with Task Group 321.1 during Iran/Iraq war, escorting British shipping. In collision with mv Tor Bay in Straits of Hormuz, damaging both vessels. (Relieved on patrol by HMS Boxer). | |
| 1989 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle with Lynx XZ248 for South Atlantic Patrol | |
| 1989 | Refit | Refit D90 HMS Southampton returned to UK aboard a heavy lift ship to Swan Hunter repair yard on Tyneside (now A & P). Completed by May 1992. | |
| 1989-sep-21 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle returned from South Atlantic Patrol via East Pacific, Panama Canal and Caribbean on 21 Sep 1989. | |
| 1990-apr | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow left for western North Atlantic deployment as part of TG 318.1, escorting HMS Ark Royal (flagship), HMS Brave and HMS Cumberland, supported by RFA Fort Grange and RFA Olna. Returned to HMNB Devonport on 28 Jun. | |
| 1990-apr-09 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month maritime security and anti-narcotics mission in Caribbean as West Indies Guardship, returning early Aug 1990 | |
| 1990-jul | Deployment | Deployment D86 HMS Birmingham whilst on West Indies Guardship deployment, sent to Trinidad with RFA Oakleaf, as island government was under threat | |
| 1990-sep | Refit | Refit D87 HMS Newcastle surface and low level air search radar Type 996 refit included installation of Type 996 radar and improved defensive systems, completed May 1991. | |
| 1990-sep | Deployment | Deployment D108 HMS Cardiff Armilla Patrol Deployed to reinforce Armilla Patrol after Kuwaiti annexation by Iraq. Joined by HMS Gloucester and HMS Brazen as part of TG 321.1, relieving HMS Battleaxe, HMS Jupiter and HMS York. | |
| 1990-sep | Aircraft | Aircraft D108 HMS Cardiff assigned 815 Sq 214 Flt Lynx HAS.3 XZ230 as /335 | |
| 1990-dec | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 223 Flt Lynx ZF562 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Mar 1991 | |
| 1991 | | D86 HMS Birmingham Adriatic for Op Sharp Guard interdiction of shipping believed to be supplying Serbia | |
| 1991-jan-15 | Deployment | Deployment D89 HMS Exeter Armilla Patrol Departed Portland for Armilla Patrol duties with 815 NAS Lynx /420 embarked, in company with HMS Brave, HMS Brilliant and RFA Bayleaf (and joined later by HMS Manchester), to relieve HMS Gloucester, HMS Cardiff and HMS Brazen on station. | |
| 1991-feb-03 | Port Visit | Port Visit D89 HMS Exeter emergency port visit for engine change, completed 5 Feb | |
| 1991-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ691 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Mar 1992 | |
| 1991-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3 XZ232/344-GW for Ships Flt until Oct 1991 | |
| 1991-jun-13 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month Far East deployment, returned to HMNB Rosyth on 22 Nov | |
| 1991-jul | Aircraft | Aircraft D89 HMS Exeter allocated 815 NAS Lynx ZD257 as Exeter Flt/420-EX, until c Jan 1993 | |
| 1991-sep | | D86 HMS Birmingham Armilla Patrol Departed Portsmouth for Armilla Patrol of Gulf region | |
| 1991-nov | Refit | Refit D88 HMS Glasgow at HMD Rosyth, until mid Feb 1992 | |
| 1992-jan | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3 XZ726/344-GW for Ships Flt until Sep 1992 | |
| 1992-mar-26 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ227 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt until c Feb 1993. | |
| 1992-may-12 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth for Far East deployment and joined with the HMS Invincible Group for Orient 92 deployment, returning 27 Nov 1992 | |
| 1992-jun | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle Orient 92 deployment Participated in Exercise Sea Cobra off Diego Garcia with the Invincible Task Group, end Jun early Jul 1992 | |
| 1992-sep | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3 XZ235/344-GW for Ships Flt until Nov 1992 | |
| 1992-nov | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3 XZ250/344-GW for Ships Flt until Jul 1993 | |
| 1993-jan | Aircraft | Aircraft D89 HMS Exeter allocated 815 NAS Lynx XZ227 as Exeter Flt/420-EX, until c May 1993 | |
| 1993-mar-26 | Port Visit | Port Visit D89 HMS Exeter 26-29 March Amsterdam, Netherlands embarked Lynx XZ227 | |
| 1993-may | Aircraft | Aircraft D89 HMS Exeter allocated 815 NAS Lynx XZ690 as Exeter Flt/420-EX, until c Jan 1994 | |
| 1993-jun | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ248 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until c Aug 1995 | |
| 1993-jul | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3S XZ721/344-GW for Ships Flt until Mar 1994 | |
| 1993-aug-31 | Aircraft | Aircraft D90 HMS Southampton assigned Lynx XZ228 as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Nov 1994. | |
| 1993-sep-08 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth for a 7 month South Atlantic deployment, relieved on station by HMS Norfolk in Feb and returning via East Pacific, Panama Canal and Caribbean in Apr 1994 | |
| 1993-nov | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow deployed to Gulf and Middle East and returned to HMNB Portsmouth in Mar 1994 | |
| 1994-may | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3 ZD268/344-GW for Ships Flt until Dec 1995 | |
| 1994-jun-21 | Port Visit | Port Visit D88 HMS Glasgow 3 day visit to the Baltic Sea port of Baltyisk, departed 24 Jun | |
| 1994-sep-10 | Port Visit | Port Visit D88 HMS Glasgow visit to Cherbourg | |
| 1994-oct | Deployment | Deployment D108 HMS Cardiff Deployment to Arabian Gulf with HMS Cornwall, as part of US Operation Vigilant Warrior in support of Kuwait. | |
| 1994-oct-16 | Port Visit | Port Visit D88 HMS Glasgow 6 day visit to St Petersburg as Royal Escort for HMY Britannia | |
| 1995-jan | Aircraft | Aircraft D90 HMS Southampton assigned Lynx ZD257 again, as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Sep 1996. | |
| 1995-jul | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton assisted in evacuation of Plymouth, Montserrat when Mount Soufriere began a series of eruptions. | |
| 1995-aug-07 | Refit | Refit D87 HMS Newcastle major refit at HMD Rosyth, completed Nov 1996 | |
| 1995-aug-19 | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton Operation Harlech returned to Montserrat in response to further eruptions for a relief and evacuation mission. | |
| 1996-jan | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.2 XZ727/344-GW for Ships Flt until Jul 1996 | |
| 1996-feb-29 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow Ships Flt Lynx transferred medical staff to a Russian Victor III class submarine, operating c 50 nm NW of Isle of Lewis to assess illness of a Russian crewman. | |
| 1996-jun | Deployment | Deployment D91 HMS Nottingham Operation Sharp Guard participated in operations to enforce UN trade and arms embargo in the Adriatic Sea. | |
| 1996-jul-20 | Port Visit | Port Visit D91 HMS Nottingham at Malta | |
| 1996-aug | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ695 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until c Nov 1998 | |
| 1996-oct | Aircraft | Aircraft D90 HMS Southampton assigned Lynx XZ229 as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Jun 1997. | |
| 1997 | Refit | Refit D89 HMS Exeter for major refit, emerged Autumn 1998 | |
| 1997-mar | Deployment | Deployment D89 HMS Exeter Operation Helvin ordered from Gibraltar area for Albanian coast to relieve HMS Birmingham, until 8 Apr. | |
| 1997-mar-14 | Deployment | Deployment D86 HMS Birmingham Operation Helvin stood off Durrës to support evacuation of British citizens until relieved on station by HMS Exeter. | |
| 1997-may | Deployment | Deployment D92 HMS Liverpool Operation Caxton In Caribbean, assisting in evacuations from Montserrat with RFA Black Rover until Aug. | |
| 1997-jun-23 | Deployment | Deployment D86 HMS Birmingham ordered to the Albanian coast, subsequently relieved by HMS Exeter. | |
| 1997-nov-17 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth for 8 month deployment as West Indies Guardship, including relief visits to Montserrat after the Dec 1997 aftershocks of the Jun 1997 earthquake, returned Jul 1998. | |
| 1998-jan | Refit | Refit D90 HMS Southampton until May 1999 at Babcock, Rosyth. | |
| 1998-may | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3S ZD255/344-GW for Ships Flt until Feb 2000 | |
| 1998-aug | Port Visit | Port Visit D86 HMS Birmingham Portsmouth on board Lynx ZD264 | |
| 1998-aug-28 | Deployment | Deployment D92 HMS Liverpool International Festival of Sea Participated in IFoS 1998, Portsmouth on board Lynx XZ727 | |
| 1998-aug-28 | Deployment | Deployment D86 HMS Birmingham International Festival of Sea Participated in IFoS 1998. | |
| 1998-aug-28 | Deployment | Deployment D91 HMS Nottingham International Festival of Sea Participated in IFoS 1998. | |
| 1998-nov | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, HQ Flt Lynx XZ230 on temporary loan to Newcastle Flt, still wearing /305 | |
| 1998-nov-03 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle lifted off damaged Lynx HAS.3S XZ254 while visiting Plymouth | |
| 1999 | Refit | Refit D91 HMS Nottingham major life extension refit, completed Nov 2000. | |
| 1999-jan | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ239 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt | |
| 1999-jan-09 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth, as escort for HMS Invincible for Persian Gulf Iraqi sanctions enforcement deployment. On the return trip, diverted to the Adriatic to support UN operations in Kosovo and reached Portsmouth in late May 1999, when its Lynx departed by road for RNAS Yeovilton. | |
| 1999-feb | Aircraft | Aircraft D89 HMS Exeter Lynx XZ694 as 815 NAS Exeter Flt by Feb 1999 | |
| 1999-may | Port Visit | Port Visit D86 HMS Birmingham visited Malta | |
| 1999-sep-18 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow Operation Langar departed Darwin, Aus as part of an Australian and New Zealand fleet (INTERFET), to assist international peacekeeping forces in East Timor until 30 Sep, and returned to HMNB Portsmouth on 11 Nov. | |
| 1999-sep-18 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow left Darwin as part of an international peace keeping force, for East Timor. | |
| 1999-dec-31 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D86 HMS Birmingham at HMNB Portsmouth and steamed to HMD Devonport in Jan 2000 to be stripped of useful equipment. | |
| 2000 | Deployment | Deployment D108 HMS Cardiff to Belize for disaster relief operations following Hurricane Keith | |
| 2000 | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton Atlantic Patrol Task (South) Atlantic Patrol Task (South), deployed around Falkland Islands between Feb 2000 and May 2000, relieving HMS Somerset. | |
| 2000-feb | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3S ZD254/344-GW for Ships Flt until Oct 2000 | |
| 2000-may-02 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth for a 7 month global deployment as part of NTG 2000 with HMS Cornwall and HMS Sutherland, being joined by FNS Aconit in the Mediterranean. Returned via the Indian Ocean, Yellow Sea, Hawaii and the Panama Canal to Portsmouth on 23 Nov 2000. | |
| 2000-jul-03 | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle Exercise Flying Fish 2000 Participated in FF2000 | |
| 2000-oct | Aircraft | Aircraft D88 HMS Glasgow allocated Lynx HAS.3GMS XZ733/344-GW for Ships Flt until Sep 2001 | |
| 2000-oct-20 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D86 HMS Birmingham sold and subsequently towed to Santander, Spain for scrapping | |
| 2001 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow Atlantic Patrol Task (South) Atlantic Patrol Task (South), deployed around Falkland Islands between Feb 2001 and Jul 2001, relieving HMS Iron Duke and herself relieved by HMS Edinburgh. | |
| 2001-jan | Refit | Refit D92 HMS Liverpool at Rosyth Dockyard, for c 18 months, emerging May 2002 | |
| 2001-jun | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 201 Flt Lynx XZ726 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt | |
| 2001-aug-24 | Port Visit | Port Visit D88 HMS Glasgow International Festival of Sea 2001 Present at IFoS Portsmouth. | |
| 2001-aug-24 | Port Visit | Port Visit D87 HMS Newcastle International Festival of Sea 2001 Present at IFoS Portsmouth. | |
| 2001-aug-24 | Port Visit | Port Visit D91 HMS Nottingham International Festival of Sea 2001 Present at IFoS Portsmouth. | |
| 2002-mar | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle Atlantic Patrol Task (South) departed HMNB Portsmouth for Atlantic Patrol Task (South) deployment. Operated around Falkland Islands between Mar 2002 and Aug 2002, relieving HMS Montrose and herself relieved by HMS Westminster. Returned to UK 23 Aug 2002. | |
| 2002-jul-07 | Deployment | Deployment D91 HMS Nottingham ran aground, east of Lord Howe Island | |
| 2002-jul-07 | Aircraft | Aircraft D91 HMS Nottingham 815 Sq 219 Flt Lynx HAS.3 XZ239/417-NM flown off to HMNZS Te Mana for return to UK, via New Zealand | |
| 2002-dec-08 | Refit | Refit D91 HMS Nottingham returned to UK aboard heavy lift ship mv Swan and into refit, until Jul 2004 at Fleet Support Ltd for repairs, after running aground in the Pacific Ocean | |
| 2003-jan-17 | Deployment | Deployment D92 HMS Liverpool Operation Telic to support combat operations in Iraq, completing 19 Apr 2003. | |
| 2003-feb | Deployment | Deployment D108 HMS Cardiff Armilla Patrol to Persian Gulf for a 6 month Armilla Patrol deployment, returned in Aug 2003. | |
| 2003-feb-12 | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ228 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt | |
| 2003-apr-19 | Deployment | Deployment D92 HMS Liverpool departed Persian Gulf supported by RFA Grey Rover for Singapore and mid deployment maintenance before exercising with the Singapore Navy. Returned to the UK on 7 Aug. | |
| 2003-jul | Aircraft | Aircraft D87 HMS Newcastle 815 Sqn, 201 Flt Lynx ZD258 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Oct 2004 | |
| 2003-sep-05 | Port Visit | Port Visit D88 HMS Glasgow visited Glasgow for 9 days | |
| 2003-nov-03 | Deployment | Deployment D88 HMS Glasgow Atlantic Patrol Task (South) departed HMNB Portsmouth for Atlantic Patrol Task (South) deployment. Operated around Falkland Islands between Nov 2003 and Apr 2004, relieving HMS Lancaster and herself relieved by HMS Cardiff. Returned 7 May 2004. | |
| 2003-dec-11 | Port Visit | Port Visit D88 HMS Glasgow first visit to Angola by a RN Warship for a decade, in company with RFA Gold Rover | |
| 2004-jan | Deployment | Deployment D87 HMS Newcastle departed HMNB Portsmouth on a 7 month maritime security and counter-terrorism deployment to Mediterranean, returning on 6 Aug 2004 | |
| 2004-apr | Deployment | Deployment D108 HMS Cardiff Atlantic Patrol Task (South) Departed HMNB Portsmouth for 6 month West Africa and APT(S). Operated around Falkland Islands between Jul 2004 and Sep 2004, relieving HMS Glasgow and herself relieved by HMS Iron Duke in Sep. Returned to UK on 22 Oct. | |
| 2004-may-08 | Port Visit | Port Visit D108 HMS Cardiff visited Tema, Ghana until 11 May, during APT(S) deployment | |
| 2004-sep | Port Visit | Port Visit D87 HMS Newcastle Present at 36th Southampton Boat Show | |
| 2004-oct | Homeport | Homeport D87 HMS Newcastle Paid off at HMNB Portsmouth | |
| 2004-oct-11 | Port Visit | Port Visit D88 HMS Glasgow 7 day visit to Glasgow, prior to decommissioning | |
| 2005-jan | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D87 HMS Newcastle | |
| 2005-feb | Deployment | Deployment D92 HMS Liverpool deployed as APT(N) in the Caribbean, as part of Task Group 326.01 with RFA Wave Knight in support. | |
| 2005-feb-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D88 HMS Glasgow | |
| 2005-mar-03 | Aircraft | Aircraft D91 HMS Nottingham Ships Flt Lynx XZ695 wrongly vectored back to ship, ran out of fuel and ditched in Arabian Sea, c 40nm from ship. | |
| 2005-jun | Aircraft | Aircraft D90 HMS Southampton assigned Lynx XZ694 as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Feb 2007. | |
| 2005-jun-24 | Port Visit | Port Visit D108 HMS Cardiff Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 at Trafalgar 200, with 815 NAS Cardiff Flt/335 Lynx embarked. | |
| 2005-jul-14 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D108 HMS Cardiff paid off at HMNB Portsmouth | |
| 2005-aug-21 | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton Atlantic Patrol Task (South) departed HMNB Portsmouth for 6 month Atlantic Patrol Task (South) deployment. Operated around Falkland Islands between Sep 2005 and Jan 2006, relieving HMS Portland. Returned via Caribbean. | |
| 2005-nov-21 | Port Visit | Port Visit D89 HMS Exeter visit to Valletta, 815 Sq Lynx HMA.8 XZ692/363 embarked. | |
| 2006-jan | Deployment | Deployment D92 HMS Liverpool departed HMNB Portsmouth for 7 month South Atlantic deployment, returned Jul 2006. | |
| 2006-feb | Deployment | Deployment D91 HMS Nottingham relieved HMS Manchester on station, as part of eastern Mediterranean anti-terrorism deployment. Relieved in her turn by HMS York in May 2006. | |
| 2006-jul | | D88 HMS Glasgow by Jul 2006 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2006-jul | | D87 HMS Newcastle by Jul 2006 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2006-jul | | D108 HMS Cardiff by Jul 2006 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2006-oct-11 | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton Operation Vela (Green Eagle) conduct of Exercise Green Eagle phase of Operation Vela, off Sierra Leone | |
| 2006-nov-27 | Deployment | Deployment D89 HMS Exeter departed HMNB Portsmouth, on deployment | |
| 2006-dec | Refit | Refit D92 HMS Liverpool 6 month refit including work on communications systems and the 4.5" gun, ending May 2007 | |
| 2007 | Refit | Refit D89 HMS Exeter at least Sea Dart removed, during alongside works. | |
| 2007-apr | Deployment | Deployment D90 HMS Southampton Atlantic Patrol Task (South) departed HMNB Portsmouth for 8 month Atlantic Patrol Task (South) mission. On station from Jul until relieved by HMS Nottingham. Returned to HMNB Portsmouth on 14 Dec 2007. | |
| 2007-sep-08 | Port Visit | Port Visit D92 HMS Liverpool visit to Liverpool | |
| 2007-oct-22 | Deployment | Deployment D91 HMS Nottingham Atlantic Patrol Task (South) Departed HMNB Portsmouth and relieved HMS Southampton on station in late Nov, until relieved in her turn by HMS Liverpool in Apr 2008. | |
| 2008-jan-11 | Port Visit | Port Visit D89 HMS Exeter moored alongside Royal Victoria Dock in Docklands for the 10 day London Boat Show 2008 | |
| 2008-may-26 | Port Visit | Port Visit D89 HMS Exeter visited Pool of London alongside HMS Belfast and departed 29 May. Visit also arranged for launch of James Bond novel, Devil May Care. | |
| 2008-jun-20 | Port Visit | Port Visit D89 HMS Exeter visited Tyneside, tied up alongside Spillars Wharf, Newcastle. Departed 23 Jun 2008. | |
| 2008-jul | Struck | Struck D89 HMS Exeter placed in extended readiness at HMNB Portsmouth | |
| 2008-jul-31 | Struck | Struck D90 HMS Southampton into extended readiness at HMNB Portsmouth | |
| 2008-nov | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D108 HMS Cardiff to Turkey for scrapping | |
| 2008-nov | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D87 HMS Newcastle left under tow to Turkey, for scrapping | |
| 2009-jan | Refit | Refit D92 HMS Liverpool c 12 month refit, emerging 2010 | |
| 2009-jan-07 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D88 HMS Glasgow left Portsmouth, under tow to Turkey, for scrapping | |
| 2009-feb | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D90 HMS Southampton | |
| 2009-may-27 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D89 HMS Exeter | |
| 2010-feb-11 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D91 HMS Nottingham | |
| 2010-may-10 | Deployment | Deployment D92 HMS Liverpool Exercise Auriga 2010 departed HMNB Portsmouth for exercise in W Atlantic. returned to UK Aug 2010. | |
| 2010-jun-28 | Port Visit | Port Visit D92 HMS Liverpool Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy visited Halifax for MARLANT Fleet Review | |
| 2010-oct | Aircraft | Aircraft D92 HMS Liverpool 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 XZ731 assigned with 217 Flt to HMS Liverpool until decommissioning. | |
| 2011-mar-29 | Deployment | Deployment D92 HMS Liverpool Operation Unified Protector Deployed to Libya with 815 NAS 217 Flt Lynx embarked, as part of Operation Unified Protector to relieve HMS Cumberland and enforce embargo around Gulf of Sirte, returning to HMNB Portsmouth on 7 Nov 2011, after being relieved by HMS York. | |
| 2011-jun | | D89 HMS Exeter by Jun 2011 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2011-jun | | D91 HMS Nottingham by Jun 2011 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2011-jun | | D90 HMS Southampton by Jun 2011 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2011-jun-05 | Port Visit | Port Visit D92 HMS Liverpool entered Malta during break from Libyan coast operations, until 11 Jun | |
| 2011-sep-11 | Port Visit | Port Visit D92 HMS Liverpool visited Malta during Operation Unified Protector deployment. | |
| 2011-sep-22 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D89 HMS Exeter left Portsmouth Harbour under tow to Turkey (arrived 25 Oct), for scrapping - completed by 11 Apr 2012 | |
| 2011-oct-14 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D90 HMS Southampton left Portsmouth Harbour under tow to Turkey (arrived 2 Nov), for scrapping - completed by 13 Jan 2012 | |
| 2011-oct-19 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D91 HMS Nottingham left Portsmouth Harbour under tow to Turkey (arrived 18 Nov), for scrapping - completed on 27 Feb 2012. | |
| 2012-jan-26 | Port Visit | Port Visit D92 HMS Liverpool visit to West India Docks, London until 30 Jan, for final time before decommissioning. 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 XZ731/323 aboard. | |
| 2012-feb-24 | Port Visit | Port Visit D92 HMS Liverpool to Glasgow for 4 day visit on the Clyde prior to decommissioning, departing on 27 Feb | |
| 2012-feb-29 | Port Visit | Port Visit D92 HMS Liverpool final visit to Merseyside and her namesake city before decommissioning, departed 4 Mar. | |
| 2012-mar-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned D92 HMS Liverpool at South Railway Jetty, HMNB Portsmouth. Ships bell has been preserved at Our Lady and St Nicholas sailors church in Chapel Street, Liverpool. | |
| 2013-apr | | D92 HMS Liverpool by Apr 2013 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2014-oct-22 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped D92 HMS Liverpool departed Portsmouth under tow (by M/S Pantodynamos) for scrapping at Layal Ship Recycling, Turkey | |
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