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HMS Rhyl (F129)

UK Royal Navy

1960-1982

Type 12 Rothesay class

FF · Frigate

Flight Deck:RL
Call Sign:GDCA
Shipyard:HMD Portsmouth

Timeline

DateEvent
Jan 29, 1958 Laid down
Apr 23, 1959 Launched
Oct 30, 1960 Commissioned
Dec 1961 Deployment off Goa Indian Ocean deployment, ordered off Goa following the Indian annexation of 18/19 Dec.
Jan 12, 1964 Deployment TZ Dar-es-Salaam Harbour sailed from Mombasa with a British Army contingent, joining with HMS Centaur, to assist with management of the East African Mutinies East African Mutinies
Mar 1966 Deployment Mozambique Channel Beira Patrol, off Mozambique to enforce UN sanctions against Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Beira Beira Patrol
Aug 8, 1968 Deployment Sailed from Plymouth to take up duties as West Indies Guard Ship till June 1969
Aug 29, 1970 Port Visit HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1970. Navy Days 1970
1971 Refit until 1972 at HMD Devonport to fit Seacat, upgrade electronics and equip for Wasp operations Ready for Wasp Sea Cat
Aug 28, 1971 HMD Devonport present (in refit) at Plymouth Navy Days 1971. Navy Days 1971
Apr 1973 Port Visit visited St Helena, in company with HMS Apollo and RFA Tidereach.
Jun 8, 1973 Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth as escort for HMS Tiger, Flagship for Far East group deployment of Task Group 317.1, in company with HMS Dido and HMS Hermione. The group was supported by RFA Regent and RFA Tidespring, until it returned to the UK on 21 Dec 1973.
Nov 1973 Port Visit visited Simonstown naval base
Jul 1974 Deployment CY Akrotiri Bay part of Task Force escort to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency Partition of Cyprus
Sep 5, 1977 Deployment Departed HMNB Portsmouth for 7.5 month group deployment (TG 317.6) to Australia and Far East, escorting HMS Tiger and in company with RFA Grey Rover, RFA Regent, RFA Tarbatness and RFA Tidepool. Returned 20 Apr 1978.
May 1982 Aircraft assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT784 as Rhyl Flt/446, until c Jul 1983
1983 Decommissioned