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| 1966-oct-27 | Laid down | | | |
| 1968-feb-29 | Launched | | | |
| 1969-feb | Aircraft | | assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT443 as Bacchante Flt/425 until c Jul 1969 | |
| 1969-oct-17 | Commissioned | | | |
| 1972-jan | Deployment |  | Bermuda area detached from exercise with US Navy and ordered towards British Honduras, as escort for HMS Ark Royal, to deter Guatemalan ambitions. | |
| 1982-jun-20 | Deployment | |  Gibraltar Harbour Departed Gibraltar for 3 month South Atlantic deployment with 829 NAS 052 Flt Wasp HAS.1 XS538 / 425 embarked. | |
| 1982-oct-1 | Decommissioned | | | |
| 1982-oct-1 | Fate: transfered | | to New Zealand as HMNZS Wellington | |
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| 1982-oct-2 | Commissioned | | | |
| 1982-oct-2 | Fate: transfered | | ex UK RN HMS Bacchante | |
| 1982-oct-11 | Port Visit | | HMNB Portsmouth Delivery departed HMNB Portsmouth 11 Oct, with Wasp HAS.1 NZ3906 on delivery. | |
| 1982-dec | Refit | | extended refit in NZ, completed in 1986 | |
| 1986-aug-21 | Commissioned | | into Royal New Zealand Navy after 3 year refit | |
| 1988-sep-26 | Port Visit | |  HMAS Kuttabul  Fleet Review: Australia Bi-centennial Naval Salute to Sydney for Australian Bi-centennial Fleet Review | |
| 1996 | Refit | | refit until Aug 1997, including installation of Phalanx CIWS and enlargement to hangar for Seasprite programme | |
| 1999 | Decommissioned | | | |
| 2005-nov-13 | Fate: sunk | | as artificial reef at Island Bay, Cook Strait | |
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Royal New Zealand Navy - Leander class F69 HMNZS Wellington 
Vickers-Armstrong, High Walker 
