Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Dec 23, 1960 | The final Type 81 Tribal class ship to be laid down. |
| Apr 5, 1962 | BAE Systems (Vickers) Yard No. 1063 Barrow-in-Furness |
| Nov 29, 1963 | aka The Mighty Mo |
| Dec 6, 1963 | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Dec 17, 1963 | first trials with Wasp HAS.1, off Portland |
| Jan 14, 1964 | Mohawk Flight formed at RNAS Culdrose; this would be the 3rd Wasp Flight to deploy afloat and the 1st Tribal class warship to get a Ships Flight. |
| Feb 1964 | Wasp XS532 assigned as /474-MO, until Mar 1964 |
| Mar 1964 | First Tribal class warship to embark a Wasp, off Portland. |
| Mar 1964 | Wasp XS538 assigned as /474-MO |
| Jun 1, 1964 | departed HMNB Portsmouth for an Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean deployment, returning on 1 May 1965. |
| Aug 17, 1964 |  Port Mombasa visited Mombasa, departed 3 Sep Kilandine Harbour |
| Sep 1964 |  Aden Harbour temporarily exchanged Wasp XS538 for an unidentified Wasp, equipped for tropical trials for a few days in early Sep, while at Aden. XS538 returned prior to departure. Wasp trials |
| Oct 6, 1964 | working in company with HMS Gurkha off Bahrain |
| May 14, 1965 | arrived HMD Rosyth for a refit |
| 1966 | relieved HMS Carysfort, off Seychelles. |
| 1967 | near miss with frigate FNS Henri off Anguilla in the Caribbean, while operating with HMS Lynx. |
| Jul 1967 | relieved in Bahamas by HMS Leander, as West Indies Guardship |
| Oct 6, 1967 |  George Town HSB Visited Grand Cayman for 4 days during Hurricane support support mission |
| Oct 10, 1967 | Stood off Little Cayman while a landing party conducted a Customs and Fisheries Protection assessment mission. |
| Oct 10, 1967 | Sailed alongside the north shore of Cayman Brac during late afternoon, as part of her farewell for this visit. |
| 1970 | in HMD Portsmouth, until 1972. |
| Feb 1972 | assigned 829Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT443 as Mohawk Flt/474-MO until damaged during forced landing 20 Mar 1972. |
| Mar 1972 | 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XS568 assigned as /474-MO |
| Jun 5, 1973 |  Gan Anchorage Ships Flt Wasp HAS.1 XS568/474-MO ditched in Indian Ocean, airframe recovered and shipped to Gan, when wreckage was flown back to UK. |
| Jul 1973 |  Durban Harbour Wasp HAS.1 XV638/474-MO joined ship in South Africa. 829 Sq Mohawk Flt |
| Aug 27, 1977 | HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1977 Navy Days 1977 |
| Sep 5, 1977 | Departed HMNB Devonport as part of Task Group 317.6 for 7.5 month Australia and Far East group deployment, led by HMS Tiger. Left in company with HMS Amazon, HMS Cleopatra and HMS Zulu. Returned to Devonport on 20 Apr 1978. |
| 1980 | |
| Nov 1982 | Cairnryan sold for scrap to Queenborough, left HMD Chatham Nov 1982 and broken up at Cairnryan from 3 Dec. Breakers Yard |