HMS London D16

County class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer

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MMSI:
Flight Deck:	LO
Call Sign:	GHFZ
Shipyard:	Swan Hunter (Wallsend)
See Also:	FF Type 22 (Batch 2) Boxer class F95

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History of HMS London D16

1960-feb-26	Laid down	Laid down Swan Hunter (Wallsend) as DLG03, Yard No. 1903
1961-dec-07	Launched	Launched
1963-oct	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned Wessex HAS.1 XP151/175-LO for ship s flt. Recoded /405-LO by Aug 1964, until 1965.
1963-nov-04	Commissioned	Commissioned
1965-aug	Deployment	Deployment returned to UK after first commission.
1965-aug-28	Deployment	Deployment HMNB Portsmouth Navy Days 1965 present at Portsmouth Navy Days 1965
1966-mar	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XS874/405-LO for ships flt, until Nov 1968.
1967-nov	Deployment	Deployment part of Task Force 318 to cover the British withdrawal from Aden during Operation Magister.
1968-nov-04	Aircraft	Aircraft Accident Ships Flt Wessex XS874 ditched in English Channel south of Portland 4 Nov 1968. Recovered, wreck to AIU Lee-on-Solent via Portland Harbour.
1968-dec	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 829 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XM842/405-LO for ships flt, until 1971.
1969	Deployment	Deployment Mozambique Channel Beira Beira Patrol operations during 1969
1970-nov-02	Deployment	Deployment Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta Exercise Lime Jug Exercise Lime Jug departed Valletta on 29 Oct for Lime Jug, in company with HMS Ark Royal. ENDEX on 15 Nov.
1971-sep	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XP157/405-LO for ships flt, until c Aug 1972.
1974-oct	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM327/405-LO for ships flt, until c Oct 1975.
1975-oct	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM838/405-LO for ships flt, until Jul 1979.
1977-jun-25	Deployment	Deployment Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Ryde Sand
1979-apr-01	Deployment	Deployment Departed Malta with Flag Officer Malta, Rear Admiral Oswald Cecil, as the final act of the British withdrawal from Malta.
1979-jul	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM923 on loan, mainly for duty in Northern Ireland detached to RAF Aldergrove, until c Feb 1980.
1981-may	Port Visit	Port Visit Tower Bridge Upper Pool of London visit to Pool of London, moored beside HMS Belfast.
1981-dec	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
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1982	Commissioned	Commissioned ex UK RN HMS London
History of HMS London D16
1982-mar-24	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered to Pakistan as PNS Babur
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1994	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
1995	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped sold for scrap

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1963 to 1982

D16 HMS London

Royal Navy

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