Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Oct 1992 | ex HMS Polar Circle, renamed; aka The Red Plum. |
| Dec 1992 | assigned to BFSAI |
| Aug 1998 | on board Lynx XZ241 |
| Aug 28, 1998 | HMNB Portsmouth Participated in IFoS 1998. International Festival of Sea |
| Jan 1999 |  Mare Harbour visited Falklands with Lynx HAS.2(ICE) XZ241 / 434-ED and XZ238 / 435-ED embarked. |
| Aug 24, 2001 | HMNB Portsmouth Present at IFoS Portsmouth. IFoS 2001 International Festival of Sea 2001 |
| Jun 28, 2005 | Review ship, carrying HM Queen Elizabeth II to review the fleet Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 |
| Oct 2005 | left Portsmouth for Antarctic survey mission with 2 Lynx embarked, returned May 2006. |
| Oct 2008 | Mare Harbour embarked 815 NAS 212 Flt Lynx HAS.3ICE XZ238 and XZ246 from RAF Mount Pleasant for Antarctic summer support mission BAS Support |
| Dec 17, 2008 | Engine room flooded whilst underway in Magellan Straits. Towed to Punta Arenas and returned to UK via Falklands on heavy lift vessel mv Target by Apr 2009. Entered Portsmouth 10 Apr for repair assessment. |
| Apr 2010 | Deployed 815 NAS, 212 Flight Lynx on board HMS Ark Royal, on loan until Aug 2010 |
| Jun 1, 2016 |  Aliaga departed Portsmouth under tow, for scrapping in Turkey Shipbreakers |