1969 to 1979 |
| Flight Deck: | BL | | Call Sign: | GLZM | | | See Also: | C Tiger class C99 |
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| | | History of  Tiger class C99 HMS Blake | | 1942-aug-17 | Laid down | | as HMS Tiger | | | 1945-dec-20 | Launched | | | | | 1961-mar-18 | Commissioned | | | | | 1962-aug | Port Visit | | visited Port-of-Spain in company with HMS Whirlwind for Trinidad & Tobago Independence Day celebrations | | | 1965 | Refit | | Converted at HMD Portsmouth, between 1965 and 1969 into a Helicopter Cruiser for 4x Wessex / Sea King. | | | | 1969-jul-26 | Deployment |  | Torbay  Fleet Review: Ships of the Western Fleet Present at Ships of the Western Fleet review in Torbay. | | | 1971-jul-2 | Aircraft | | HMNB Portsmouth 820 NAS Alongside in Portsmouth with 820 NAS Wessex HAS.3 XP104 / 410-BL and XM837 / 411-BL embarked. | | | 1971-aug-28 | Aircraft | | HMNB Portsmouth 820 NAS Alongside in Portsmouth with 820 NAS Wessex HAS.3 XP104 / 410-BL, XM833 / 412-BL and XM844 / 413-BL embarked. | | | 1972-jun-15 | Aircraft | | HMNB Portsmouth 820 NAS Alongside in Portsmouth with 820 NAS Wessex HAS.3 XM871 / 410-BL, XM327 / 411-BL, XM833 / 412-BL and XM844 / 413-BL embarked. | | | 1974-sep | Aircraft | | embarked 820 NAS for global deployment in Task Group 317.2 | | | 1974-sep-17 | Deployment | | departed HMNB Portsmouth as Flagship of Task Group 317.2 for Far East deployment, joining with HMS Achilles, HMS Diomede, HMS Falmouth, HMS Leander, HMS Lowestoft, RFA Green Rover, RFA Olna and RFA Stromness, returned Jun 1975. | | | 1974-oct-14 | Port Visit | | Visited Simonstown en route Far East deployment, in company with other ships from Task Group 317.2, until 21 Oct. | | | 1977-jun-25 | Deployment | | Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Mother Bank | | | 1978-may-31 | Deployment | | departed HMNB Portsmouth as Flagship of Task Group 317.7 for 6.5 month Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific group deployment escorted by HMS Juno, supported by RFA Green Rover, RFA Stromness and RFA Tidespring. This group joined with the Devonport group of HMS Ambuscade, HMS Hermione and HMS Leander, returned to UK 12 Dec 1978. | | | 1979 | Decommissioned | | | | | 1982-oct | Fate: scrapped | | Cairnryan, Dumfries Breakers Yard sold for scrap Oct 1982 and arrived at Cairnryan in Nov 1982 | | |
The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard |
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