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| 1959-sep-7 | Laid down | | | |
| 1960-sep-6 | Launched | | | |
| 1962-oct-9 | Commissioned | | | |
| 1963 | | | 1st deployment persian gulf S.N.O.P.G. | |
| 1963-feb-25 | Trials | | flight handling and deck landing trials by pre-production Wasp XS463 from 25 Feb to 2 Mar 1963. | |
| 1964-nov | Aircraft | | assigned 700W Sq Wasp XS566 as Nubian Flt/187-NU until c Mar 1965. | |
| 1965-aug | Aircraft | | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT422 as Nubian Flt/457 until c Apr 1966. | |
| 1966-may | Aircraft | | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT442 as Nubian Flt/457-NU until c Apr 1967. | |
| 1967-may | Aircraft | | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT420 as Nubian Flt/457-NU until c Jan 1969. | |
| 1967-jun | Deployment | | assigned to Eastern Task Force off Aden, guarding interests during Middle East Six Day War. | |
| 1969-mar | Aircraft | | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XV623 as Nubian Flt/457 by Mar 1969 still Aug 1970 | |
| 1969-may-4 | Deployment | | assigned as Guardship for the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race from London to New York, 4 to 11 May 1969 | |
| 1970 | Deployment |  | Mozambique Channel Beira  Beira Patrol off Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions. | |
| 1970-apr-17 | Deployment | | Apollo 13 splashdown secondary Apollo 13 recovery Apollo XIII splashdown recovery to waters off Mauritius as standby for secondary splashdown site for Apollo XIII recovery | |
| 1972-oct | 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 | | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XS532 as Nubian Flt until c Jul 1979. | |
| 1977-jun-25 | 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 | |  Portsall Rocks Environmental relieved HMS Yarmouth in English Channel, supporting oil spill cleanup from the Amoco Cadiz. | |
| 1978-jul | Deployment | | West Indies/Belize guardship | |
| 1981 | Decommissioned | | | |
| 1987 | Fate: sunk | | Expended as fleet target in N Atlantic | |
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