HMS Norfolk (D21)

1970-1981

Timeline

Date	Event
Mar 15, 1966	Laid down	Swan Hunter (Wallsend) Yard No. 2019
Nov 16, 1967	Launched
Mar 7, 1970	Commissioned
Oct 1970	Aircraft	737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XP140/407-NF assigned to Norfolk Flt, until c Jan 1972
1972	Refit	2 year refit, to remove B turret and replace with 4x MM38 Exocet launchers (see main picture, above) MM38 Exocet single launcher
Feb 1973	Aircraft	737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM328/407-NF assigned to Norfolk Flt, until c Sep 1974
Feb 20, 1974	Port Visit	Gan Anchorage arrived in Gan for short visit to receive VIPs from HMS Fife
Sep 1974	Aircraft	737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XP137/407-NF assigned to Norfolk Flt, until c Jan 1975
Jan 1975	Aircraft	737 Sq Wessex HAS.3 XM837/407-NF assigned to Norfolk Flt, until c Mar 1981
May 8, 1979	Deployment	departed HMNB Portsmouth as Flagship of Task Group 317.8 for 7 month Indian Ocean and Far East group deployment in company with HMS Achilles, HMS Arethusa and HMS Falmouth, supported by RFA Black Rover, RFA Olmeda and RFA Regent. This group joined with the Devonport group of HMS Arrow and HMS Dido, returned to UK 14 Dec 1979.
1980	Deployment	Deployed to Aegean Sea 1980: I was a US Army soldier stationed in Izmir Turkey in 1980. HMS Norfolk made a Port-of-Call to Izmir where I met up with several sailors from the Norfolk and carried on with them for several days until they departed. I still have the HMS Norfolk plaque they gave me when they left.
1981	Decommissioned
Apr 6, 1982	Fate: transfered	to Chile as Capitan Prat