Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Sep 7, 1959 | |
| Sep 6, 1960 | |
| Oct 9, 1962 | |
| 1963 | 1st deployment persian gulf S.N.O.P.G. |
| Feb 25, 1963 | flight handling and deck landing trials by pre-production Wasp XS463 from 25 Feb to 2 Mar 1963. |
| Nov 1964 | assigned 700W Sq Wasp XS566 as Nubian Flt/187-NU until c Mar 1965. |
| Aug 1965 | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT422 as Nubian Flt/457 until c Apr 1966. |
| May 1966 | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT442 as Nubian Flt/457-NU until c Apr 1967. |
| May 1967 | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT420 as Nubian Flt/457-NU until c Jan 1969. |
| Jun 1967 | assigned to Eastern Task Force off Aden, guarding interests during Middle East Six Day War. |
| Mar 1969 | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XV623 as Nubian Flt/457 by Mar 1969 still Aug 1970 |
| May 4, 1969 | assigned as Guardship for the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race from London to New York, 4 to 11 May 1969 |
| 1970 | Mozambique Channel off Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions. Beira Beira Patrol |
| Apr 17, 1970 | Apollo 13 splashdown secondary to waters off Mauritius as standby for secondary splashdown site for Apollo XIII recovery Apollo 13 recovery Apollo XIII splashdown recovery |
| Oct 1972 | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XT415 as Nubian Flt/457 until c Jan 1973 |
| 1975 | Deployed West Indies returned 1976 became belize guardship during deployment |
| Jul 1976 | assigned 829 Sq Wasp XS532 as Nubian Flt until c Jul 1979. |
| Jun 25, 1977 | Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (5th Frigate Squadron), off Browndown Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen |
| 1978 | West Indies/ Belize guardship. Visits to Vera Cruz, Mexico. Fort Lauderdale, USA |
| Apr 1978 |  Portsall Rocks relieved HMS Yarmouth in English Channel, supporting oil spill cleanup from the Amoco Cadiz. Environmental |
| Jul 1978 | West Indies/Belize guardship |
| 1981 | |
| 1987 | Expended as fleet target in N Atlantic |