HMS Andromeda F57

Seawolf Leander class - FF - Frigate

IMO:
MMSI:
Flight Deck:	AM
Call Sign:	GSXU
Shipyard:	HMD Portsmouth

Events

History of HMS Andromeda F57

1966-may-25	Laid down	Laid down
1967-may-24	Launched	Launched the last warship to be built at HMD Portsmouth
1968-dec-02	Commissioned	Commissioned
1969-mar	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XV626/472-AM as Ships Flt, until c Oct 1970
1970-oct-23	Deployment	Deployment off Ventnor Operation Solfire attended mv Pacific Glory in company with HMS Zulu and the Bembridge Lifeboat RNLI Jesse Lamb off Isle of Wight, after she was hit and set ablaze in the English Channel.
1971-feb	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT438/472 as Ships Flt, until c Jul 1973
1972-dec-01	Port Visit	Port Visit Mumbai Dockyard visit to Mumbai (then Bombay) until 12 Dec.
1973-sep	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT421/472 as Ships Flt, until c Nov 1977
1974-jul	Deployment	Deployment Akrotiri Bay Partition of Cyprus part of Task Force escort to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency
1975-dec-28	Deployment	Deployment ramming incident with Icelandic patrol boat during 3rd Cod War.
1976-jan-07	Deployment	Deployment ramming incident with Icelandic patrol boat during 3rd Cod War, resulting in sufficient damage to withdraw to UK for repairs.
1976-aug-28	Port Visit	Port Visit HMD Devonport Navy Days 1976 Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1976.
1977-jun-25	Deployment	Deployment Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (as Captain 6F), off Browndown
1978-mar	Refit	Refit Sea Wolf Seawolf conversion and fit for Lynx operations commenced, completed end of 1980
1980-nov	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ722 as /472 until c Mar 1984.
1982-jan-05	Trials	Trials AUTEC Heliport departed UK for AUTEC range to conduct Stingray torpedo trials.
1982-may-10	Deployment	Deployment Operation Corporate Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic, as part of Bristol Group. Left theatre 22 Aug 1982.
1983	Deployment	Deployment Spent latter part of the year on deployment in the Indian Ocean region operating alongside HMNZS Waikato
1983-dec-02	Deployment	Deployment Akrotiri Bay Operation Offcut while returning via an Armilla Patrol mission on the return leg from a global deployment, ordered off Cyprus in readiness to sail to Beirut, if required.
1984-apr	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ244 as /472-AM, until c Oct 1985
1988-sep	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ227 as /472-AM, until c Mar 1989
1993-jan	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 815 Sq 227 Flt Lynx HAS.3 XZ694/472-AN for a few days in Jan-Feb 1993. Did she ever embark ?
1993-jun	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
1995	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered to India as INS Krishna (F46)