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HMS Gurkha (F122)

UK Royal Navy

1963-1984

Later ID KRI Wilhelmus Zakarias Yohanes (332)

Type 81 Tribal class

FF · Frigate

Flight Deck:GU
Call Sign:GFYA
Shipyard:Vosper Thornycroft

Timeline

DateEvent
Nov 3, 1958 Laid down
Jul 11, 1960 Launched
Feb 13, 1963 Commissioned Recommissioned in 1982 after being laid up in 1979
Oct 6, 1964 Deployment working in company with HMS Mohawk off Bahrain
Aug 28, 1965 Port Visit HMNB Portsmouth took part in 1965 Portsmouth Navy Days. Navy Days
Sep 1965 Aircraft allocated 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT434 as Gurkha Flt/444 until Apr 1968, when it transferred to HMS Aurora following loss of her Wasp.
May 1966 Deployment Stationed off Abu Dhabi to ease tension over an oil dispute
Jul 1966 Deployment Mozambique Channel c 20 day duty on Beira Patrol off Mozambique channel relieving HMS Leander. Beira Beira Patrol
Jul 24, 1967 Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth on initial 9 month operation of her 3rd commission to the Persian Gulf, via Simonstown. Sirius Flt Wasp transferred aboard as /444 Gurkha Flt.
Aug 1967 Deployment Mozambique Channel two duties on Beira Patrol during Aug and Sep 1967 on outward leg of deployment. Beira Patrol
1968 Refit until 1970
Jun 1970 Aircraft allocated 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XS567 as Gurkha Flt/444 until c Aug 1976
Dec 11, 1971 Deployment stood off East Pakistan (before Bangladesh was formed) as escort to HMS Albion (R07), to support British nationals during the conflict Indo-Pakistan war contingency
May 1972 Deployment as West Indies Guardship, until Dec 1972
May 6, 1976 Deployment collided with Icelandic cutter Odinn during Third Cod War. Collision
Dec 1976 Aircraft allocated 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT428 as Gurkha Flt/444 until c Apr 1978
Jun 25, 1977 Deployment Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (1st Frigate Squadron), off Peel Bank Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen
Mar 1979 Deployment West Indies deployment Rosyth in Scotland to Lisbon, Azores, Bermuda, Norfolk VA, St Vincent rescue Volcanic eruption, Belize UK Guardship, New Orleans, Halifax Nova Scotia then UK.
May 1979 Aircraft assigned 829 sq Wasp XT781/444 until Mar 1980
May 1982 Refit HMD Rosyth withdrawn from the Standby Squadron and into refit at HMD Rosyth, recommissioned on 24 Jul 1982.
Jul 1982 Aircraft allocated 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT430 as Gurkha Flt/444 until c Oct 1983
Feb 2, 1984 Deployment GI Gibraltar Harbour last British warship to undertake Gibraltar Guardship deployment, departed 2 Feb 1984
Mar 30, 1984 Decommissioned paid off at HMNB Portsmouth
1985 Fate: transfered to Indonesia as Wilhelmus Zakarias Yohannes (332)
1985 Refit at Vosper Thornycroft before transfer to Indonesian Navy