HMS Antrim D18

County class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer

IMO:
MMSI:
Flight Deck:	AN
Call Sign:	GRTE
Shipyard:	Kvaerner (Govan)

Events

History of HMS Antrim D18

1966-jan-20	Laid down	Laid down Fairfield Yard No 833
1967-oct-19	Launched	Launched
1970-aug-10	Aircraft	Aircraft 737 Sq Antrim Flt formed at Portland with XP137/406-AN
1970-nov-23	Homeport	Homeport at HMNB Portsmouth
1971-mar-30	Commissioned	Commissioned at South Railway Jetty, Portsmouth
1971-jul	Port Visit	Port Visit visit to Antwerp
1972-jan	Deployment	Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for 9 week Mediterranean deployment, returning 23 Mar.
1972-jan-20	Port Visit	Port Visit extended period alongside at Gibraltar, with 737 Sq Antrim Flt disembarked at RAF North Front, departed on 6 Mar.
1972-mar-09	Port Visit	Port Visit Barcelona Port Heliport Barcelona 5 day visit to Barcelona during Mediterranean deployment
1972-jun	Deployment	Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for Mediterranean deployment, attached to the US VI Fleet, returning mid Sep 1972.
1972-nov	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XS862 as Antrim Flt/406-AN, until c 1977
1972-dec-29	Deployment	Deployment Deployment to the far east, Return Sept 1973.
1977-jun-25	Deployment	Deployment Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Mother Bank
1977-aug	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XP150 as Antrim Flt/406-AN, until c May 1979
1979-may	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM923 as Ships Flt until c Jul 1979, for service in Northern Ireland
1981-aug-29	Port Visit	Port Visit HMD Devonport Navy Days 1981 Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1981
1981-dec	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XP142 as Antrim Flt/406-AN, until c Jul 1982
1982-apr-02	Deployment	Deployment Operation Corporate Ordered to South Atlantic from an exercise, leaving theatre on 29 Jun 1982.
1982-apr-14	Deployment	Deployment Grytviken Operation Paraquat Joined HMS Endurance, HMS Plymouth and RFA Tidespring for recovery of South Georgia. Antrim was flagship for the Paraquat Task Group (317.8) with Wessex HAS.3 XP142/406-AN of 737 NAS (100 Flt) embarked.
1982-nov-08	Deployment	Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for Falkland patrol with 737 Sq XM328/406-AN embarked. Returned to UK, 25 Mar 1983.
1983-apr	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 772 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XP150 as Antrim Flt/406-AN, until c Feb 1984
1984	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
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1984	Commissioned	Commissioned ex UK RN HMS Antrim
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1984-jun-22	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered to Chile: Almirante Cochrane (12)
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1994-may	Refit	Refit refit completed at Talcahuano for Super Puma operation
2006-dec-07	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
2010-dec-11	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped left Chile under tow, bound for a breakers yard in China