assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XV626/472-AM as Ships Flt, until c Oct 1970
1970-oct-23
Deployment
off VentnorOperation 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
assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT438/472 as Ships Flt, until c Jul 1973
1972-dec-1
Port Visit
Mumbai Harbour visit to Mumbai (then Bombay) until 12 Dec.
1973-sep
Aircraft
assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT421/472 as Ships Flt, until c Nov 1977
Sea Wolf Seawolf conversion and fit for Lynx operations commenced, completed end of 1980
1980-nov
Aircraft
assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ722 as /472 until c Mar 1984.
1982-jan-5
Trials
AUTEC Heliport departed UK for AUTEC range to conduct Stingray torpedo trials.
1982-may-10
Deployment
Operation Corporate Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic, as part of Bristol Group. Left theatre 22 Aug 1982.
1983
Deployment
Spent latter part of the year on deployment in the Indian Ocean region operating alongside HMNZS Waikato
1983-dec-2
Deployment
Akrotiri BayOperation 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
assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ244 as /472-AM, until c Oct 1985
1988-sep
Aircraft
assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ227 as /472-AM, until c Mar 1989
1993-jan
Aircraft
assigned 815 Sq 227 Flt Lynx HAS.3 XZ694/472-AN for a few days in Jan-Feb 1993. Did she ever embark ?