1963 to 1976
D06 HMS Hampshire
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IMO: | | MMSI: | | Flight Deck: | HA | Call Sign: | GHFX | Shipyard: | John Brown |
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1959-mar-26 | Laid down | Laid down as DLG02 | | 1961-mar-16 | Launched | Launched | | 1963-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Wessex HAS.1 XP156/902-HA as Hampshire Flt, 829 Sq recoded /472-HA by Jan 1964, recoded /402-HA by Apr 1965, until c May 1967 | | 1963-mar-15 | Commissioned | Commissioned | | 1967-may-18 | Deployment | Deployment depart HMNB Portsmouth for NW Atlantic and Candian East Coast deployment, returning 4 Jul 1967. | | 1967-nov | Deployment | Deployment off Aden In Gulf of Aden as part of Operation Magister, supporting the British withdrawl from Aden. | | 1967-dec | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Wessex HAS.1 XP159 as 829 Sq Hampshire Flt/404-HA by Dec 1967, until c Feb 1968 | | 1968-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Wessex HAS.1 XS875 as 829 Sq Hampshire Flt/402-HA by Mar 1968, until c Oct 1969 | | 1969-jan-24 | Deployment | Deployment depart HMNB Portsmouth for 3 month South American deployment via Panama Canal, returning 25 Apr 1969. | | 1969-feb-21 | Port Visit | Port Visit SIMA Callao 4 day visit to Callao, Peru, departing 25 Feb | | 1969-jul-26 | Deployment | Deployment Torbay Fleet Review: Ships of the Western Fleet Present at Ships of the Western Fleet review in Torbay, flying the flag of Flag Officer Flotillas Western Fleet. | | 1973-jun | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Wessex HAS.3 XS153 as 737 Sq Hampshire Flt/402-HA by Jun 1973, until c Jun 1975 | | 1974-jul | Deployment | Deployment Akrotiri Bay Partition of Cyprus part of Task Force to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency | | 1975-aug | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Wessex HAS.3 XP142 as 737 Sq Hampshire Flt/402-HA by Aug 1975, until c Mar 1976 | | 1976-mar | Port Visit | Port Visit Tower Bridge Upper visited London for final time, alongside HMS Belfast | | 1976-apr | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | | 1979-apr | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped Briton Ferry sold for scrap, to Briton Ferry | |
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