Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| 1960 | as DLG04, Yard No 1632. |
| Sep 27, 1961 | |
| Jul 26, 1963 | Kent Flt Wessex HAS.1 XP141/181-KE allocated, until Feb 1964. |
| Aug 1963 | |
| Mar 1964 | Kent Flt Wessex HAS.1 XP140/181-KE allocated, recoded /401-KE by May 1965, until c Jun 1967. |
| Sep 1964 |  Malacca Strait stationed in the radar gap between Bukit Gombal and Butterworth in the Malacca Strait, following an Indonesian parachute drop at Labis on 2 Sep. Konfrontasi |
| Jan 1968 | Eddystone 829 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XP115 allocated as Kent Flt/401-KE by Jan 1968, until a/c ditched and sank, S of Eddystone Light on 13 Sep 1968. Accident |
| Oct 8, 1968 | Gibraltar and Mediterranean for further talks between UK and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Escort for HMS Fearless. Operation Diogenes |
| Jun 1972 | 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XP150 allocated as Kent Flt/401-KE by Jun 1972, until c Feb 1977 |
| Feb 1977 | 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM327 allocated as Kent Flt/401-KE by Feb 1977, until c May 1980 |
| Jun 25, 1977 | Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Ryde Pier Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen |
| Aug 1980 | HMS Excellent became an accommodation ship in Portsmouth Harbour and between 1984 and 1987 had become a Harbour Training Ship at HMS Excellent (Whale Island), being replaced by HMS Bristol. Harbour Training Ship |
| 1985 | |
| Nov 14, 1997 | departed Victory Jetty, Portsmouth under tow from Russian tug Agat, arriving at Alang in Apr 1998. |
| Apr 1998 |  Alang Towed to Alang, India for scrapping. Breakers yard |