Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Jun 3, 1963 | |
| Jul 8, 1964 | Yard No. 681 |
| Apr 15, 1966 | |
| Aug 27, 1966 | HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1966 Navy Days 1966 |
| May 22, 1967 | visit to Aberdeen with Wasp HAS.1 XT416 on loan. Replaced by loan from HMS Tartar, XS570, on 26 May during the visit. |
| Nov 1967 | part of Task Force 318 to cover the British withdrawal from Aden during Operation Magister. |
| Nov 4, 1968 | assigned Wasp HAS.1 XV625/471-PB as Ships Flt, until Dec 1970 |
| Apr 1969 | Nato Fleet Review - Spithead |
| Jul 26, 1969 | Torbay Present at Ships of the Western Fleet review in Torbay. Londonderry Squadron Fleet Review: Ships of the Western Fleet |
| Apr 17, 1970 | Apollo 13 splashdown secondary to waters off Mauritius as standby for secondary splashdown site for Apollo XIII recovery Apollo 13 recovery Apollo XIII splashdown recovery |
| Apr 5, 1971 | assigned Wasp HAS.1 XV625/471-PB as Ships Flt, until Aug 1974 |
| Nov 1971 | assisted in humanitarian operations in St Vincent, following eruption of Mount Soufriere, supported by HMS Berwick and departed by 8 Dec. |
| Dec 1971 |  Bermuda Dockyard to Bermuda, escorting HMS Glamorgan in support of UK-US heads of government summit. |
| Aug 1974 | Exocet conversion at HMD Devonport, completed by Apr 1977 MM38 Exocet single launcher |
| Aug 28, 1976 | HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1976. Navy Days 1976 |
| Feb 28, 1977 | assigned Wasp HAS.1 XS542/471-PB as Ships Flt, until Oct 1977 |
| Jun 25, 1977 | Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (1st Frigate Squadron), off Mother Bank Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen |
| Aug 27, 1977 | HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1977 Navy Days 1977 |
| Nov 1977 | used Wasp HAS.1 XV632/440-BK, on loan from HMS Berwick, until Jan 1978 |
| Nov 25, 1977 |  South Atlantic departed HMNB Devonport and stood back from the Falklands in support of HMS Dreadnought, close in. Operation Journeyman |
| Feb 8, 1978 | 1st operational deployment of the Lynx HAS.2 with 700L Sq XZ233/471-PB arriving aboard. |
| Feb 1981 | upgrade to towed array sonar, completed 1982 towed array sonar Type 2031 |
| Jun 1982 | assigned 815 Sq 242 Flt Lynx HAS.2 XZ724/471-PB until c Sep 1985 |
| Sep 1982 | departed UK for South Atlantic deployment |
| Oct 1986 | assigned 829 Sq 242 Flt Lynx HAS.3 XZ729/471-PB until c Nov 1990 |
| Jul 1988 | Piper A platform detached from NATO duty to assist in the aftermath of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster in the North Sea on 6 July. Piper Field |
| Jul 28, 1989 | HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1989 Navy Days 1989 |
| Feb 14, 1991 | |
| 1992 |  Alang sold for scrap, to India Breakers Yard |