Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Aug 7, 1942 | |
| Mar 23, 1948 | ex RCN HMCS Warrior. RN Deck Letter J |
| Nov 3, 1948 | Trials of flexible (rubber) deck Nov to early Dec 1948 |
| Mar 1949 | Further trials of flexible (rubber) deck Mar 1949 |
| Aug 1950 | departed UK to ferry aircraft and troops to the Far East. |
| Jun 22, 1951 | departed UK for Far East, transporting 16 Parachute Brigade to Cyprus and stores and at least Dragonfly HR.1 VZ964 and VZ965. Arrived Singapore towards end of Jul. Singapore |
| Nov 1951 |  Sembawang naval base assigned Dragonfly HR.1 VX596 for Ship Flight until c Dec, to Far East. |
| 1952 | in HMD Devonport for refit until Sep 1953. air search radar Type 281 |
| May 12, 1954 | relieved HMAS Sydney, off Korean peninsula. |
| Aug 31, 1954 | departed Hong Kong after rapid fit of extra accommodation, to evacuate civilians from Vietnam, until mid Sep 1954. |
| Dec 14, 1954 | at HMD Devonport, which included fitting of a 5° angled deck, a mirror landing sight and strengthening the flight deck. carrier controlled approach radar Type 961 |
| Nov 1956 | assigned Whirlwind HAR.3 XG579 / 993-J, XG584 / 994-J and XG588 / 995-J until Oct 1957. |
| Feb 1957 | off Malden Island In Pacific Ocean for H Bomb test as part of Operation Grapple. Whirlwinds were used for an air sampling programme during the Grapple tests. Line Islands Operation Grapple |
| Feb 1958 | |
| Nov 11, 1958 | transferred to Argentina in a ceremony at HMNB Portsmouth, as ARA Independencia |