1963 to 1979    

F119 HMS Eskimo

UK Royal Navy





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Flight Deck: ES
Call Sign: GDFE
Shipyard: J Samuel White





  Events


History of UK HMS Eskimo F119

1958-oct-22Laid downLaid down as Yard No. 2001
1960-mar-20LaunchedLaunched
1963-feb-21CommissionedCommissioned
1965-janAircraftAircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT416/183-ES by Feb 1965, /453-ES by Aug 1965, until c Jun 1966
1967-junDeploymentDeployment relieved HMS Ashanti standing off Aden during Arab-Israeli six day war of 1967.
1969-janAircraftAircraft GI RAF Gibraltar Accident assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XV631/453-ES, until damaged at RAF North Front Aug 1969.
1970-janAircraftAircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT427/453 until c Jun 1970
1970-sepDeploymentDeployment Mozambique Channel Beira Beira Patrol off Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions.
1971-feb-17Port VisitPort Visit Represented the UK at 5th Annual Massawa Naval Days, Ethiopia (now in Eritrea). Departed on 25 Feb.
1971-julRefitRefit HMD Chatham Sea Cat with GWS-21, completed a refit at HMD Chatham, shake down and re-commissioned on 15 Dec 1973.
1973-mayPort VisitPort Visit HMD Chatham Navy Days present at Chatham Navy Days
1973-sepAircraftAircraft Accident assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT442/453 until crashed at Norton Heliport, while on loan to BRNC Flt on 12 Dec 1973
1973-decAircraftAircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT781/453, until landing accident during night recovery to ship, off Portland on 28 Mar 1974
1974-may-01AircraftAircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT434/453, until c Sep 1976.
1974-junDeploymentDeployment 6 month deployment as West Indies Guardship, returned late Jan 1975
1976-febDeploymentDeployment Atlantic Patrol Ship (South) until Apr 1976, supported by RFA Tidesurge.
1976-novAircraftAircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT794/453, until corrosion discovered later that month.
1977-marAircraftAircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XV636/453, until c Nov 1978.
1977-nov-16DeploymentDeployment BS off Grand Bahama rendezvous with HMS Scylla off Grand Bahama
1978-novAircraftAircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT429/453, until c Aug 1980.
1979-augRefitRefit entered refit and on completion joined the Standby squadron in Chatham
1980-augDecommissionedDecommissioned
1986Fate: transferedFate: transfered for missile trials
1986-jan-17TrialsTrials Pembroke Dock towed from Portsmouth to Pembroke Dock with a plan to be used a target, for missile evaluation. Unlikely the missile trials ever happened.
1992-may-19Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped Breakers Yard arrived at Demolicion Naval Del Norte in Bilbao, under tow and subsequently scrapped.



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  Specifications


Type 81 Tribal class
250crew
2300light (tn)
2700full load (tn)
110length (m)
13beam (m)
5.30draught (m)
28max speed (knots)

1Naval Engine propulsion system: COSAG

2Missile Launcher Sea Cat

2Naval Gun Mark 5 4.5 inch (114mm)
2Naval Gun single 20 mm
1Rocket Launcher ASW mortar Mk 10 Limbo

1Naval Radar air search radar Type 965
1Naval Radar navigation radar Type 978
1Naval Radar surface and low level air search radar Type 993
1Sonar hull mounted sonar Type 162

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