1962 to 1981
F131 HMS Nubian
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| 1959-sep-07 | Laid down | Laid down | | | 1960-sep-06 | Launched | Launched | | | 1962-oct-09 | Commissioned | Commissioned | | | 1963 | | 1st deployment persian gulf S.N.O.P.G. | | | 1963-feb-25 | Trials | Trials flight handling and deck landing trials by pre-production Wasp XS463 from 25 Feb to 2 Mar 1963. | | | 1964-nov | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned 700W Sq Wasp XS566 as Nubian Flt/187-NU until c Mar 1965. | | | 1965-aug | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT422 as Nubian Flt/457 until c Apr 1966. | | | 1966-may | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT442 as Nubian Flt/457-NU until c Apr 1967. | | | 1967-may | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT420 as Nubian Flt/457-NU until c Jan 1969. | | | 1967-jun | Deployment | Deployment assigned to Eastern Task Force off Aden, guarding interests during Middle East Six Day War. | | | 1969-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp XV623 as Nubian Flt/457 by Mar 1969 still Aug 1970 | | | 1969-may-04 | Deployment | Deployment assigned as Guardship for the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race from London to New York, 4 to 11 May 1969 | | | 1970 | Deployment | Deployment Mozambique Channel Beira Patrol off Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions. | | | 1970-apr-17 | Deployment | Deployment Apollo 13 splashdown secondary Apollo XIII splashdown recovery to waters off Mauritius as standby for secondary splashdown site for Apollo XIII recovery | | | 1972-oct | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT415 as Nubian Flt/457 until c Jan 1973 | | | 1975 | | Deployed West Indies returned 1976 became belize guardship during deployment | | | 1976-jul | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp XS532 as Nubian Flt until c Jul 1979. | | | 1977-jun-25 | Deployment | Deployment Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (5th Frigate Squadron), off Browndown | | | 1978 | | West Indies/ Belize guardship. Visits to Vera Cruz, Mexico. Fort Lauderdale, USA | | | 1978-apr | Deployment | Deployment  Portsall Rocks relieved HMS Yarmouth in English Channel, supporting oil spill cleanup from the Amoco Cadiz. | | | 1978-jul | Deployment | Deployment West Indies/Belize guardship | | | 1981 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | | | 1987 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk Expended as fleet target in N Atlantic | |
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