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HMS Naiad (F39)

HMS Naiad

UK Royal Navy

1965-1987

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Ikara Leander class

FF · Frigate

Flight Deck:NA
Call Sign:GKYU
Shipyard:Yarrow

Ikara Leander class

Timeline

DateEvent
1962 Ordered
Oct 30, 1962 Laid down
Nov 4, 1963 Launched
Feb 1965 Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT417 as Naiad Flt/470-NA until Sep 1965
Mar 15, 1965 Commissioned
Sep 1965 Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT414 as Naiad Flt /470-NA until Jan 1967.
Jan 2, 1967 Aircraft Ditched and sank in the Irish Sea 2 Jan 1967, due to fault in the fuel control quadrant. Accident
Apr 1967 Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT416 as Naiad Flt/470 until c Mar 1970
May 1970 Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XS566 as Naiad Flt/470 until c Mar 1972
Aug 1970 Deployment departed UK for Far East deployment, returned Aug 1971
Oct 1970 Deployment Mozambique Channel off Mozambique Channel, enforcing UN sanctions. Beira Beira Patrol
Dec 24, 1970 Arrived in Singapore from Biera Patrol
Jan 1973 Refit Commenced Ikara refit at HMD Devonport, completed Jul 1975 Ikara
Aug 1975 Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XS562 as Naiad Flt/324 until c Aug 1977
Apr 26, 1976 Aircraft Ships Flight Wasp XS562 / 324 conducted close manoeuvres around Icelandic patrol vessel Aegir while it was attempting cut trawling nets during 3rd Cod War.
Aug 28, 1976 Port Visit HMD Devonport Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1976. Navy Days 1976
Jun 25, 1977 Deployment Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (6th Frigate Squadron), off Browndown Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen
Oct 1979 Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT782 as Naiad Flt/324 until c Apr 1987
Mar 1980 Rio
Aug 1980 Deployment departed UK for a 7 month Far East deployment, returned Dec 1980.
Aug 29, 1981 Port Visit HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1981 Navy Days 1981
Sep 11, 1981 Port Visit NL Amsterdam dockyard Weekend visit to Amsterdam
Oct 1981 Aircraft GI RAF Gibraltar Final week of Oct until 2nd week of Dec 1981 with Ships Flt Wasp (c/s Scrumpy) disembarked at RAF Gibraltar
Jan 1982 Refit HMD Rosyth Mid Jan 1982 saw 10 weeks of repairs to Naiad port engine at Rosyth until 3 Apr. Ships Flt Wasp disembarked at Portland.
Jun 1982 Port Visit weekend visit to Le Havre towards end of Jun, in company with Whitby class (Type 12) frigate HMS Torquay (F43).
Jul 4, 1982 Port Visit HMD Devonport visited Devonport. Wasp XT782 / 324-NA in hangar.
Sep 1, 1982 Deployment to Naples for 5 day NAVOCFORMED preparations, including USS Estocin, Alpino and HS Themistocles NAVOCFORMED
1983 Refit fitted with new sonar array, by 1984 towed array sonar Type 2031
May 1987 Decommissioned
Sep 28, 1990 Fate: sunk used as weapons effect trials ship