Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| May 25, 1966 | |
| May 24, 1967 | the last warship to be built at HMD Portsmouth |
| Dec 2, 1968 | |
| Mar 1969 | assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XV626/472-AM as Ships Flt, until c Oct 1970 |
| Oct 23, 1970 | off Ventnor 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. Operation Solfire |
| Feb 1971 | assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT438/472 as Ships Flt, until c Jul 1973 |
| Dec 1, 1972 |  Mumbai Dockyard visit to Mumbai (then Bombay) until 12 Dec. |
| Sep 1973 | assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT421/472 as Ships Flt, until c Nov 1977 |
| Jul 1974 |  Akrotiri Bay part of Task Force escort to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency Partition of Cyprus |
| Dec 28, 1975 | ramming incident with Icelandic patrol boat during 3rd Cod War. |
| Jan 7, 1976 | ramming incident with Icelandic patrol boat during 3rd Cod War, resulting in sufficient damage to withdraw to UK for repairs. |
| Aug 28, 1976 | HMD Devonport Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1976. Navy Days 1976 |
| Jun 25, 1977 | Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review (as Captain 6F), off Browndown Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen |
| Mar 1978 | Seawolf conversion and fit for Lynx operations commenced, completed end of 1980 Sea Wolf |
| Nov 1980 | assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ722 as /472 until c Mar 1984. |
| Jan 5, 1982 |  AUTEC Heliport departed UK for AUTEC range to conduct Stingray torpedo trials. |
| May 10, 1982 | Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic, as part of Bristol Group. Left theatre 22 Aug 1982. Operation Corporate |
| 1983 | Spent latter part of the year on deployment in the Indian Ocean region operating alongside HMNZS Waikato |
| Dec 2, 1983 | Akrotiri Bay 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. Operation Offcut |
| Apr 1984 | assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ244 as /472-AM, until c Oct 1985 |
| Sep 1988 | assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ227 as /472-AM, until c Mar 1989 |
| Jan 1993 | assigned 815 Sq 227 Flt Lynx HAS.3 XZ694/472-AN for a few days in Jan-Feb 1993. Did she ever embark ? |
| Jun 1993 | |
| 1995 | to India as INS Krishna (F46) |