DDG · Guided-Missile Destroyer
| Flight Deck: | LO |
| Call Sign: | GHFZ |
| Shipyard: | Swan Hunter (Wallsend) |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Feb 26, 1960 | Swan Hunter (Wallsend) as DLG03, Yard No. 1903 |
| Dec 7, 1961 | |
| Oct 1963 | assigned Wessex HAS.1 XP151/175-LO for ship s flt. Recoded /405-LO by Aug 1964, until 1965. |
| Nov 4, 1963 | |
| Aug 1965 | returned to UK after first commission. |
| Aug 28, 1965 | HMNB Portsmouth present at Portsmouth Navy Days 1965 Navy Days 1965 |
| Mar 1966 | assigned 829 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XS874/405-LO for ships flt, until Nov 1968. |
| Nov 1967 | part of Task Force 318 to cover the British withdrawal from Aden during Operation Magister. |
| Nov 4, 1968 | Ships Flt Wessex XS874 ditched in English Channel south of Portland 4 Nov 1968. Recovered, wreck to AIU Lee-on-Solent via Portland Harbour. Accident |
| Dec 1968 | assigned 829 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XM842/405-LO for ships flt, until 1971. |
| 1969 | Mozambique Channel operations during 1969 Beira Beira Patrol |
| Nov 2, 1970 |  Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta departed Valletta on 29 Oct for Lime Jug, in company with HMS Ark Royal. ENDEX on 15 Nov. Exercise Lime Jug Exercise Lime Jug |
| Sep 1971 | assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XP157/405-LO for ships flt, until c Aug 1972. |
| Oct 1974 | assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM327/405-LO for ships flt, until c Oct 1975. |
| Oct 1975 | assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM838/405-LO for ships flt, until Jul 1979. |
| Jun 25, 1977 | Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Ryde Sand Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen |
| Apr 1, 1979 | Departed Malta with Flag Officer Malta, Rear Admiral Oswald Cecil, as the final act of the British withdrawal from Malta. |
| Jul 1979 | assigned 737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM923 on loan, mainly for duty in Northern Ireland detached to RAF Aldergrove, until c Feb 1980. |
| May 1981 | Tower Bridge Upper visit to Pool of London, moored beside HMS Belfast. Pool of London |
| Dec 1981 | |
| Mar 24, 1982 | to Pakistan as PNS Babur |
See also
| Built | Ship | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | F95 | HMS London | Type 22 (Batch 2) Boxer class |