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| 1983-dec-14 | Laid down |  F99 HMS Cornwall | |
| 1984-oct-12 | Laid down | F85 HMS Cumberland Yard No 1032 | |
| 1985-oct-14 | Launched | F99 HMS Cornwall aka the Fighting Ice Cream or the Fighting 99 | |
| 1985-dec-4 | Laid down | F86 HMS Campbeltown Yard No. V.1378 | |
| 1986-may-12 | Laid down | F87 HMS Chatham Yard No. 126 | |
| 1986-jun-21 | Launched | F85 HMS Cumberland was also known as The Fighting Sausage. | |
| 1987-oct-7 | Launched | F86 HMS Campbeltown | |
| 1988-jan-20 | Launched | F87 HMS Chatham 14th and final Type 22 frigate, launched by Lady Oswald | |
| 1988-apr-23 | Commissioned | F99 HMS Cornwall in Falmouth | |
| 1989-apr | Trials | F87 HMS Chatham Sea trials, c 10 days | |
| 1989-may | Aircraft | F85 HMS Cumberland 829 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ256 assigned as Coventry Flt/350-CL, until c Dec 1991 | |
| 1989-may-27 | Commissioned | F86 HMS Campbeltown | |
| 1989-jun-10 | Commissioned | F85 HMS Cumberland | |
| 1989-jul-28 | Deployment | F86 HMS Campbeltown present at Plymouth Navy Days 1989 | |
| 1989-oct | Aircraft | F86 HMS Campbeltown Lynx HAS.3 ZD265 assigned as Campbeltown Flt / 338-CT, until c Oct 1992 | |
| 1990-apr | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HAS.3S XZ237/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Dec 1990 | |
| 1990-apr-18 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland departed Portsmouth for western North Atlantic deployment as part of TG 318.1, escorting HMS Ark Royal (flagship), HMS Glasgow and HMS Brave, supported by RFA Fort Grange and RFA Olna. Returned to HMNB Portsmouth on 28 Jun. | |
| 1990-may-4 | Commissioned | F87 HMS Chatham | |
| 1990-jun-22 | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall 22+23 June participated with Fleet Days Den Helder Netherlands. On board Lynx HAS.3 XZ237. | |
| 1990-oct | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic deployment, relieving HMS Danae. | |
| 1990-nov | Port Visit | F87 HMS Chatham Undergoing Basic Sea Training at Portland until Dec 1990. | |
| 1990-dec | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HAS.3 XZ234/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Apr 1991 | |
| 1990-dec-22 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland She sailed to South Georgia just before Christmas arriving at Grytviken on 22 December. She sailed along the coast of South Georgia and returned to Grytviken on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day she hosted the soldiers of the South Georgia garrison aboard for Christmas Day lunch of venison. The stag had been shot the day before by a sniper from the garrison; part of the garrison s duties being to control the deer population on the Island. | |
| 1991-jan | Aircraft | F87 HMS Chatham allocated Sea King HAS.6 ZA167/131 of 826 NAS for Ships Flt until c Jan 1992 | |
| 1991-jul | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Sea King HAS.6 XZ571/136 of 826 NAS for Ships Flt until c Jun 1992 | |
| 1992 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall West Indies Guardship (exact dates uncertain) | |
| 1992-apr | | F86 HMS Campbeltown  Atlantic Patrol Task (South) Deployed to South Atlantic as duty frigate. | |
| 1992-apr-18 | Deployment | F86 HMS Campbeltown Ships Flt Lynx winched a firefighting team aboard mv World Hitachi Zosen off Mauritania and supplied them with foam drums from RFA Grey Rover. | |
| 1992-jul | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Sea King HAS.6 XV696/132 of 826 NAS B Flt, for Ships Flt until c Dec 1992 | |
| 1992-oct-21 | Deployment | F87 HMS Chatham First RN Vessel to exercise with a Russian warship. Recovered a Ka-27 with a Russian VIP visitor to the ship. | |
| 1993 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland spent some of 1993 as West Indies Guardship | |
| 1993-jan | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HAS.3S ZD259/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Apr 1993 | |
| 1993-jan | Aircraft | F87 HMS Chatham allocated ex HMS Cornwall Sea King HAS.6 XV696/132 of 826 NAS for Ships Flt until c Jul 1993, when 819 NAS took on the parent role. | |
| 1993-apr | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HAS.3GMS ZD255/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Mar 1995 | |
| 1993-apr | Aircraft | F86 HMS Campbeltown Lynx HAS.3GMS XZ229 assigned as 815 NAS Campbeltown Flt / 338-CT, until c Nov 1995 | |
| 1993-may-29 | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall Led Battle of the Atlantic 50th Anniversary commemorations. | |
| 1993-jul | Aircraft | F87 HMS Chatham allocated 819 NAS Sea King HAS.6 XV696/699-PW for Ships Flt until c Aug 1994. | |
| 1994-apr | Deployment | F87 HMS Chatham Operation Sharp Guard involved in challenging the Maltese registered mv Lido II heading for Montenegro with a cargo of fuel oil, violating the conditions of the UN commercial embargo. | |
| 1994-oct | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall Deployment to Arabian Gulf with HMS Cardiff, as part of US Operation Vigilant Warrior in support of Kuwait. | |
| 1995 | Refit | F99 HMS Cornwall RP1 refit at Devonport (exact dates uncertain) | |
| 1996-feb | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated 810 Sq Sea King HAS.6 XV660/511-CW as Ships Flt until c May 1997 | |
| 1996-jul-26 | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall 5 day visit to St Petersburg, departed 30 Jul. | |
| 1997-jun | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HMA.8 ZD566/412-CW for Ships Flt until Dec 1997 | |
| 1997-jun | Port Visit | F87 HMS Chatham arrived in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong to support the British Transfer of Sovereignty to China on 30 Jun. | |
| 1998-feb-16 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall departed HMNB Devonport on Atlantic and West Africa maritime security deployment with Sea King of 810 NAS embarked. Returned to UK Aug 1998. | |
| 1998-feb-19 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall Operation Resilient Ordered to make for Sierra Leone for humanitarian support. Relieved HMS Monmouth on station, on 23 Feb. Ships Flt Sea King instrumental in airlifting medical supplies and food to island communities on Bo, Kenema and Makeni. Continued on original deployment on 20 Mar. | |
| 1998-sep-15 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland stood by off Albanian coast to support British nationals, until relieved by HMS London on 22 Sep. | |
| 1999-mar | Aircraft | F85 HMS Cumberland on board Lynx XZ721 | |
| 2000 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall Departed Plymouth for NTG 2000 deployment ( old ocean wave) first stop Gib then on to Haifa, Oman, Singapore, Manila, Tokyo, Pusan, Shanghai, Vladivostok across the international date line to Honolulu, San Diego, Venezuela then across the Atlantic home to Plymouth | |
| 2000-may | Deployment | F87 HMS Chatham Operation Palliser ordered off Freetown, Sierra Leone to support Operation Palliser. | |
| 2000-jul-3 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall Exercise Flying Fish 2000 Participated in FF2000 | |
| 2001-may-24 | Port Visit | F86 HMS Campbeltown Visit to St. Petersburg, Russia until 28 May 2001 | |
| 2001-jun | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall assigned 810NAS B Flt Sea King HAS.6 XV711/515-CW as Ships Flt until c Mar 2002 | |
| 2001-aug-31 | Port Visit | F86 HMS Campbeltown Visit to Archangel, Russia for 60th anniversary celebrations of the first WWII Arctic Convoys. In company with Russian warships Zadorniy and Alexander Otrakovski. | |
| 2002-may | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall embarked Sea King as Ships Flt ZA169/515-CW from 771 NAS B Flt until c Oct 2002. | |
| 2002-sep-16 | Port Visit | F87 HMS Chatham relieved by HMS Edinburgh from Standing Naval Force Mediterranean duty at Augusta (Sicily). | |
| 2003-jan-16 | Deployment | F87 HMS Chatham Operation Telic to support combat operations in Iraq including twin helicopter operations from the single spot flight deck and Naval Gunfire Support, returned to the UK 7 Aug 2003. | |
| 2003-jan-16 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall departed UK with a Lynx HAS.3 and a Lynx HMA.8 embarked, for Gibraltar arriving 19 Jan. Later relieved by HMS Westminster. | |
| 2003-jun-3 | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall for visit to Grand Harbour, Malta. | |
| 2004-jun-15 | Port Visit | F86 HMS Campbeltown visit to affiliated town of Campbeltown in Scotland, until 18 Jun 2004. | |
| 2004-dec | Deployment | F87 HMS Chatham ordered to east coast of Sri Lanka, with RFA Diligence, to assist in humanitarian operations following the tsunami, triggered by the Banda Aceh (Indonesia) earthquake of 26 Dec 2004. | |
| 2005-mar | Aircraft | F86 HMS Campbeltown Lynx HMA.8 ZF560 assigned as 815 NAS Campbeltown Flt / 338-CT, until c Feb 2006 | |
| 2005-jul-11 | Deployment | F86 HMS Campbeltown Operation Telic Persian Gulf deployment until mid Dec 2005 | |
| 2005-aug-8 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland Departed HMNB Devonport for a 4 month disaster relief and anti-drug Caribbean deployment. | |
| 2005-oct | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HMA.8 XZ725/412-CW for Ships Flt until damaged in Feb 2006. For repair. | |
| 2006-may-29 | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall 815 NAS Cornwall Flt Lynx HMA.8 embarked is XZ725/412-CW | |
| 2006-jun | Deployment | F87 HMS Chatham Atlantic Patrol Task (South) Assigned as APT(S) Jun to Sep 2006, relieved by HMS Edinburgh | |
| 2006-jun-1 | Port Visit | F87 HMS Chatham Fleet Review: 50th Anniversary of Nigerian Navy joined celebrations for Golden Jubilee of Nigerian Navy, with RFA Gold Rover. | |
| 2006-aug | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HMA.8 ZD261/437 (on short term loan) for Ships Flt, until c Oct 2006 | |
| 2006-nov | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HAS.3S XZ692 (on short term loan) for Ships Flt, until c Dec 2006 | |
| 2006-dec | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall return of Lynx HMA.8 XZ725/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Jun 2007 | |
| 2007-jan-21 | Port Visit | F86 HMS Campbeltown 2 day visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Royal Saudi Naval Forces liaison. | |
| 2007-jan-22 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall Operation Telic left HMNB Devonport for 8 month deployment, supported by RFA Fort Austin, to the northern Persian Gulf as part of CTF 158 (relieved by HMS Richmond on 17 Jul), returning on 26 Aug 2007. | |
| 2007-feb | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall visited Valletta, Malta | |
| 2007-mar-23 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall 15 of the Ships Company detained by The Islamic Republic of Iran in an alleged violation of territorial waters dispute near the mouth of Shatt al-Arab. Released 5 Apr. | |
| 2007-jun-4 | | F86 HMS Campbeltown BALTOPS 07 participated with BALTOPS 07. on board Lynx from 815Squadron serial/code unknown | |
| 2007-jul-6 | Port Visit | F87 HMS Chatham Vlissingen, Netherlands for navy days 2007. For Michiel de Ruyter 400th anniversary. | |
| 2007-nov | Deployment | F86 HMS Campbeltown to Arabian Gulf for 7 month deployment, returning May 2008. | |
| 2008-mar | Deployment | F87 HMS Chatham departed HMNB Devonport for a 7 month anti-drugs and anti-piracy deployment to the Arabian Gulf, returning on 22 Oct 2008. | |
| 2008-mar-15 | Port Visit | F85 HMS Cumberland visited Tyneside, tied up alongside Spillar Wharf in Newcastle | |
| 2008-may | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HMA.8 XZ689/338 for Ships Flt until c Jun 2008 (on loan from Campbeltown Flt). | |
| 2008-jul-25 | Port Visit | F86 HMS Campbeltown At HMNB Portsmouth, 25-27 Jul for Meet Your Navy 2008 | |
| 2008-sep | Port Visit | F86 HMS Campbeltown visit to St Nazaire, France, to pay respects for the WWII Operation Chariot, conducted by a previous HMS Campbeltown, which destroyed the Dock Gates on 28 Mar 1942. | |
| 2008-sep-23 | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall 4 day visit to Hamburg, departed 26 Sep. | |
| 2008-oct | Refit | F86 HMS Campbeltown  Mk.8 Mod 1 4.5 inch to Rosyth for a substantial refit by Babcock International. As well as a Sea Wolf missile system mid life update, a new Mk 8 Mod 1 main gun and Type 22 SEL, a major structural survey led to further unexpected work, delaying the completion of the refit until 20 Jan 2010. | |
| 2008-oct-4 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall Exercise Joint Warrior 08-2 participated in bi-annual multi-national exercise off Scottish coast, until 17 Oct | |
| 2008-dec | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HMA.8 ZD258/412-CW for Ships Flt, until c Dec 2009 | |
| 2009-apr-28 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall 8 month counter-piracy deployment via Mediterranean to Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf and off Somalia as flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, returning to Devonport on 10 Dec 2009. | |
| 2009-may-24 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland left HMNB Devonport with 815 Sq 210 Flight Lynx ZD259 embarked, for a 7 month deployment to the Arabian Gulf on anti-piracy and asset protection mission, returning on 1 Dec 2009. | |
| 2009-aug-11 | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall hosted a Chinese PLAN delegation aboard, in the Gulf of Aden to discuss counter-piracy operations. Delegation visited in Harbin Z-9 9636 from PLANS Zhoushan. | |
| 2009-dec | Refit | F85 HMS Cumberland Updates to weapons systems and communications suite by Babcock at HMD Devonport. | |
| 2010-jan-5 | Deployment | F87 HMS Chatham left HMNB Devonport for a 7 month deployment to the Arabian Gulf, Horn of Africa and Somali Basin on anti-piracy patrols as part of Ocean Shield, returned 30 Jul 2010. | |
| 2010-feb | Aircraft | F99 HMS Cornwall allocated Lynx HMA.8 ZF560/412-CW for Ships Flt, until c May 2010 | |
| 2010-apr-24 | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall 5 day visit to Falmouth, with Ship Open to Visitors on 25 Apr. | |
| 2010-apr-30 | Port Visit | F86 HMS Campbeltown Three day visit to St Marys, Isles of Scilly, as guardship for the 2010 World Gig Racing championship. | |
| 2010-may-21 | Deployment | F87 HMS Chatham Ships Flt Lynx recovered 23 crewmen from the mv Dubai Moon (crippled by a tropical storm), over a period of several hours, returning them in batches to HMS Chatham. | |
| 2010-jul-23 | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall 4 day visit to Fowey, with Ship Open to Visitors on 24 and 25 Jul, departed 26 Jul. | |
| 2010-sep-30 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland departed HMNB Devonport for five and a half month (planned) maritime security and anti-piracy deployment in Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean,returning on 16 Apr 2011. | |
| 2010-oct | Aircraft | F87 HMS Chatham assigned 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 XZ698 as Chatham Flt/348-CM, until Dec 2010. | |
| 2010-oct-28 | Deployment | F99 HMS Cornwall Combined Task Force 151 Departed HMNB Devonport for the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa on a 6 month anti-piracy and maritime security mission as Command Ship for Combined Task Force 151. | |
| 2010-oct-29 | Port Visit | F86 HMS Campbeltown visit to Holyhead, Angelsey until 2 Nov 2010 | |
| 2010-oct-31 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland relieved HMS Somerset as the duty frigate in the Arabian Gulf | |
| 2010-dec-26 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland escorted FNS Charles de Gaulle carrier group through the Straits of Hormuz | |
| 2011-jan-20 | Port Visit | F87 HMS Chatham arrived in North Shields (Tyneside) for a 4 day farewell visit, prior to decommissioning. | |
| 2011-jan-26 | Port Visit | F87 HMS Chatham returned to HMNB Devonport for the last time, to pay off. | |
| 2011-feb | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland relieved as Op Telic on-watch frigate by HMS Iron Duke in mid Feb 2011. | |
| 2011-feb-8 | Decommissioned | F87 HMS Chatham at HMNB Devonport, in advance of her planned out of service date, following the Oct 2010 Defence Review. In 2004, planned decommissioning date had been 2018. | |
| 2011-feb-23 | Deployment | F85 HMS Cumberland Operation Deference departed Souda Bay and ordered to Benghazi, Libya to evacuate over 200 souls to Grand Harbour, Malta, arriving on 26 Feb 2011, prior to commencement of Operation Unified Protector | |
| 2011-mar-3 | Port Visit | F85 HMS Cumberland visited Merseyside for the last time before decommissioning, departed 7 Mar. | |
| 2011-mar-3 | Port Visit | F86 HMS Campbeltown visited Merseyside for the last time before decommissioning, departed 7 Mar. | |
| 2011-apr-7 | Decommissioned | F86 HMS Campbeltown at HMNB Devonport, in advance of her planned out of service date, following the Oct 2010 Defence Review. In 2004, planned decommissioning date had been 2017. | |
| 2011-apr-16 | Port Visit | F85 HMS Cumberland Returned to HMNB Devonport for final time, prior to decommissioning. | |
| 2011-apr-25 | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall Visited Falmouth for final time before decommissioning. | |
| 2011-apr-26 | Port Visit | F99 HMS Cornwall Returned to Devonport for final time, prior to decommissioning. | |
| 2011-jun-23 | Decommissioned | F85 HMS Cumberland The Fighting Sausage decommissioned at HMNB Devonport, in advance of her out of service date, following the Oct 2010 Defence Review. In 2004, planned decommissioning date had been 2017. | |
| 2011-jun-30 | Decommissioned | F99 HMS Cornwall at HMNB Devonport, in advance of her planned out of service date, following the Oct 2010 Defence Review. In 2004, planned decommissioning date had been 2015. | |
| 2011-jul-13 | | F99 HMS Cornwall Ships company marched through Truro in a Freedom of the Duchy of Cornwall ceremony | |
| 2011-oct-25 | | F99 HMS Cornwall Ship s Bell handed over to Truro Cathedral. | |
| 2012-feb-15 | | F99 HMS Cornwall ships hull towed from Devonport to Portsmouth Harbour, arriving 16 Feb, to be stripped before sale or scrapping | |
| 2012-feb-16 | | F85 HMS Cumberland ships hull towed from Devonport to Portsmouth Harbour, arriving 17 Feb, to be stripped before sale or scrapping | |
| 2013-apr | | F87 HMS Chatham by Apr 2013 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2013-apr | | F99 HMS Cornwall by Apr 2013 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2013-apr | | F85 HMS Cumberland by Apr 2013 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2013-apr | | F86 HMS Campbeltown by Apr 2013 was laid up in Fareham Creek | |
| 2013-jul-27 | | F99 HMS Cornwall sold for scrap to Swansea Drydock Ltd | |
| 2013-jul-27 | Fate: scrapped | F85 HMS Cumberland sold for scrap to Layal, Turkey and departed from Portsmouth on 4 Nov 2013, under tow and arrived Aliaga on 14 Nov. The last Type 22 frigate had been recycled/dismantled by 7 Apr 2014. | |
| 2013-jul-27 | Fate: scrapped | F86 HMS Campbeltown sold for scrap to Layal, Turkey. Departed Portsmouth 15 Oct 2013, under tow and arrived Aliaga on 29 Oct 2013. Disposal complete by 14 Mar 2014. | |
| 2013-jul-27 | Fate: scrapped | F87 HMS Chatham sold for scrap to Layal, Turkey. Departed Portsmouth under tow on 8 Oct 2013 and arrived Aliaga on 23 Oct 2013. Disposal complete by 12 Feb 2014. | |
| 2013-oct-24 | Fate: scrapped | F99 HMS Cornwall departed Portsmouth under tow on 24 Oct, for Swansea to be scrapped, arrived Swansea 30 Oct. Interior strip out complete and moved to dry dock for dismantling 21 May 2014. | |
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