RefitHMD DevonportIce Patrol refit until 1955 at HMD Devonport from Net Layer to Ice Patrol Ship with flight deck and essentially a re-inforced canvass hangar.
Aircraft short term allocated Whirlwind HAR.3 XJ399 to P Flt, until mid Oct 1955.
1955-sep
Aircraft
Aircraft allocated Whirlwind HAR.1 XA866/910 until c Sep 1956, when recoded /990 until c Apr 1957
1956-oct-05
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for second Antarctic summer deployment as Survey Support and South Atlantic Guardship, arriving on station 9 Nov. 701 NAS P Flt Whirlwinds HAR.1 XA866/990 and XA870/991, embarked.
Aircraft allocated 701 Sq P Flt Whirlwind HAR.1 XA862 until c Aug 1959
1959-may
Aircraft
Aircraft returned to HMNB Portsmouth after Antarctic duties, with Ships Flt Whirlwind HAR.1 XA869/991 plus one other (likely XA862), embarked.
1960-jul
Aircraft
Aircraft allocated Whirlwind HAR.1 XA862 until c Sep 1960
1961-aug
Aircraft
Aircraft allocated Whirlwind HAR.1 XA867/940 until crashed and w/o, on Greenwich Island Dec 1961.
1961-oct
Aircraft
Aircraft to Protector Flt again, as XA866/920, until damaged off Montevideo in Feb 1965 by XA868/940.
1961-dec-14
Aircraft
AircraftAccident Whirlwind HAR.1 XA867/940 crashed during landing in Discovery Bay, Antarctica.
1964-sep-28
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for Antarctic summer deployment. On station in Jan 1965, near the South Orkney Isles with Ships Flt Whirlwind HAR.1 XA866/920 embarked. Returned 14 May 1965.
1965-jan
Deployment
DeploymentSigny Station HSurvey anchored off BAS Signy station, to set up Hi-Fix triangulation equipment on the island
1965-feb-02
Port Visit
Port VisitMontevideo arrived at Montevideo for 7 day visit, departed on 9 Feb 1965
1965-apr-01
Deployment
DeploymentValparaísoEarthquake Relief Arrived in Valparaiso to assist after the 28 March M7.4 earthquake at a depth of 70km beneath La Ligua,c 90km to the north east and brought down the dam at El Cobré, flooding the village with mud. Departed 7 Apr.
1965-apr-27
Port Visit
Port VisitKingston BayVisit Visit Kingston, after previously passing through the Panama Canal. Departed 30 Apr.
1966-jul
Aircraft
Aircraft short term allocation of Whirlwind HAR.9 XL899 to Protector Flt, until mid Oct 1966
1967-jun
Aircraft
Aircraft short term allocated Whirlwind HAR.9 XL839 to Protector Flt, until mid Sep 1967.
1968-may-03
Decommissioned
Decommissioned
1968-jun-27
Replaced in service as Ice Patrol Ship by HMS Endurance.
1970-feb-10
Fate: scrapped
Fate: scrappedInverkeithingWards Breakers Yard sold for scrap - subsequently to Inverkeithing