Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1963 | Vickers-Armstrong Yard No 179 |
| Dec 19, 1964 | |
| Apr 15, 1966 | known informally as the Mighty Min |
| Nov 1967 | part of Task Force 318 to cover the British withdrawal from Aden during Operation Magister. |
| Dec 1967 | Mozambique Channel off Mozambique, for sanctions enforcement Beira Beira Patrol |
| Sep 1968 | assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT424 as Minerva Flt /424, until c Sep 1969 |
| Mar 19, 1969 | ordered to Anguilla, after collecting parts of 2 PARA flown from the UK to the Caribbean. Operated in company with HMS Rothesay. Operation Sheepskin |
| Nov 1969 | assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XT788 as /424-MV by Nov 1969 until c Aug 1975 |
| Mar 1972 | at HMD Chatham, until Jul 1972 |
| Feb 12, 1973 | departed HMNB Devonport for 6 month Caribbean deployment, returning to HMNB Portsmouth 28 Aug 1973. |
| Dec 1975 | Conversion to Exocet began at HMD Chatham, completed Mar 1979 MM38 Exocet single launcher |
| Apr 3, 1982 | transferred 815 Sq Lynx XZ730 in from HMS Penelope, via Hercules from Yeovilton and onward relay by RFA Fort Austin to the South Atlantic, although the transfer never materialised with XZ730 going to HMS Arrow on 17 Apr. |
| May 10, 1982 |  South Atlantic Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic as part of Bristol Group. Relieved HMS Argonaut as Anti-Air Warfare Command. Relieved by HMS Penelope in Port William on 14 Jul, leaving theatre on 15 Jul. Operation Corporate |
| May 10, 1982 | Following the postponement of her planned refit in Apr, after a series of complex aircraft swaps, HMS Minerva 815 NAS 210 Flt eventually embarked Sea Skua equipped Lynx XZ698 (/424, but not worn ?) on 10 May. |
| Nov 22, 1982 | Struck HMS Yarmouth in stern, off Portland. |
| Nov 29, 1982 | Deployed to South Atlantic from HMNB Devonport on 29 Nov, with Lynx HAS.2 XZ698 / 424-MV embarked. Returned 24 Mar 1983 and Lynx flown off to Portland on 25 Mar. South Atlantic assigned to 815 Squadron |
| Jan 15, 1990 | departed for a 6 month round the world Endeavour 90 training cruise, escorting HMS Bristol (flagship) and in company with HMS Ariadne, as part of the Dartmouth Training Squadron. Returned to HMNB Devonport on 13 Jul. Task Group 316.1 |
| Mar 1992 | |
| 1993 |