DDG · Guided-Missile Destroyer
| Flight Deck: | MC |
| Call Sign: | GYHG |
| Shipyard: | BAE Systems (Vickers) |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Nov 1978 | |
| Nov 10, 1978 | |
| Nov 24, 1980 | aka The Busy Bee and left Barrow from contractors hands on 15 Nov 1982. |
| Oct 1982 | assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ736 as Manchester Flt / 360-MC until c Mar 1987 |
| Dec 16, 1982 | |
| Apr 14, 1986 | departed HMNB Portsmouth for global deployment via Panama Canal, Australia and Suez Canal, returned in Dec 1986. |
| Jun 16, 1987 | Sank fleet target HMS Yarmouth, during a weapons exercise. |
| Nov 1990 | assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ694 as /360, until Jul 1991 |
| Jan 13, 1991 | Persian Gulf Departed Portland for 6 month Armilla Patrol duties, ahead of HMS Exeter, HMS Brave, HMS Brilliant and RFA Bayleaf, to relieve HMS Gloucester, HMS Cardiff and HMS Brazen on station. HMS Manchester joined the main group, after working off Cyprus, departing there 22 Jan. Returned to UK Jul 1991 Armilla Patrol |
| Aug 28, 1998 | HMNB Portsmouth Participated in IFoS 1998. International Festival of Sea |
| Feb 2006 | relieved by HMS Nottingham on station, as part of eastern Mediterranean anti-terrorism deployment. |
| Sep 2007 | 815 Sq 202 Flt Lynx HMA.8 changed codes from /360 to /202, prior to rejoining the ship in Oct 2007 |
| Nov 12, 2007 | left HMNB Portsmouth for a 7 month maritime security deployment to the eastern Atlantic as part of the USS Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group and on to the Persian Gulf and Horn of Africa. Returned in May 2008 |
| Oct 4, 2008 | North Western Approaches participated in bi-annual multi-national exercise off Scottish coast, until 17 Oct Exercise Joint Warrior 08-2 |
| Jan 26, 2009 |  South Atlantic departed HMNB Portsmouth for 7 month maritime security and anti-narcotics deployment. On APT(S) station from Feb, until relieved by HMS Gloucester in Jul 2009. Atlantic Patrol Task (South) |
| Feb 18, 2009 |  Arsenal de Marinha visited Rio de Janeiro for 4 days, in company with RFA Black Rover and departed on 22 Feb. Ilha das Cobras |
| May 24, 2010 | Left HMNB Portsmouth with 815 NAS 214 Flt Lynx HAS.3GMS XZ229/360-MC for a 7 month counter-narcotics deployment to the Caribbean, returned on 9 Dec. She was featured on deployment in the Channel 5 TV series Royal Navy: Caribbean Patrol. |
| Nov 2, 2010 | arrived off St Lucia, from Barbados, to lead humanitarian operations following Hurricane Tomas, which hit on 31 Oct. |
| Nov 15, 2010 |  Port of Havana to Havana, Cuba for 5 day visit. Terminal Sierra Maestra |
| Feb 3, 2011 | berthed in Liverpool for 5 day farewell visit, prior to decommissioning. |
| Feb 24, 2011 | Decommissioned at HMNB Portsmouth. |