Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1955 | along with HMS Rothesay |
| Nov 15, 1956 | |
| May 20, 1958 | |
| Jul 20, 1960 | Commissioning date, at Cowes, IoW |
| Oct 18, 1961 | |
| Nov 1961 | to British Honduras for post-Hurricane Hattie humanitarian support, with HMS Vidal and HMS Troubridge. Returned to UK May 1962. |
| Nov 1961 |  Bermuda Dockyard West Indies Guardship during 1961/62 WIGS |
| 1963 | West Indies Guardship during 1963/64 |
| 1969 | until 1970 at HMD Rosyth to fit Seacat, upgrade electronics and equip for Wasp operations Ready for Wasp Sea Cat |
| 1969 | HMD Chatham HMNB Chatham |
| Nov 1969 | assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XV637 as Londonderry Flt/447-LD until 9 Dec. |
| Mar 1970 | assigned 829 NAS Wasp HAS.1 XT428 as Londonderry Flt/447, until c Aug 1975 |
| Jan 1974 | departed UK as escort to HMS Fife, Flagship of Task Group 317.1 for 9 month Indian Ocean and Australia group deployment in company with HMS Apollo, HMS Argonaut, HMS Ariadne and HMS Danae, supported by RFA Tarbatness. Returned to HMNB Devonport on 4 Oct. |
| Nov 1975 | HMD Rosyth until 11 Oct 1979 at HMD Rosyth as trials ship for ASWE. Armaments and hangar removed, flight deck remodelled and two masts added aft.. |
| 1979 | HMNB Portsmouth HMNB Portsmouth |
| Mar 29, 1984 | |
| Jun 1989 | expended as fleet target |