HMS Edinburgh D97

Type 42 (Batch 3) - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer


IMO:
MMSI:	234590000
Flight Deck:	EN
Call Sign:	GBBE
Shipyard:	Cammell Laird

Events

History of HMS Edinburgh D97

1979-apr-25	Ordered	Ordered
1980-sep-08	Laid down	Laid down at Birkenhead on Merseyside, Yard No. V.1375
1983-apr-14	Launched	Launched aka The Fortress of the Sea
1985-dec-17	Commissioned	Commissioned
1987	Deployment	Deployment Armilla Patrol maiden deployment to Gulf
1988-jan	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned Lynx HAS.3 XZ689 as 815 NAS / 411-EB Edinburgh Flt until c Nov 1989
1988-sep-26	Port Visit	Port Visit HMAS Kuttabul Fleet Review: Australia Bi-centennial Naval Salute to Sydney for Australian Bi-centennial Fleet Review
1989	Deployment	Deployment STANAVFORLANT spent time with NATO Atlantic patrol
1990	Refit	Refit CIWS Phalanx 20 mm included addition of a pair of Phalanx CIWS, completed 1991
1990-may	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned Lynx HAS.3 XZ696 as 815 NAS / 411-EB Edinburgh Flt until c Feb 1991
1992-may	Deployment	Deployment Persian Gulf Armilla Patrol Armilla Patrol
1994	Refit	Refit HMD Rosyth refit at HMD Rosyth
1998-jan	Deployment	Deployment deployed to South Atlantic as Falkland Islands Guardship, returned to UK in Sep.
2001-may-15	Deployment	Deployment South Atlantic Atlantic Patrol Task (South) departed HMNB Portsmouth for Atlantic Patrol Task (South), deployed around Falkland Islands between Jul 2001 and Oct 2001, relieving HMS Glasgow and herself relieved by HMS Montrose. Returned Nov.
2002-sep-16	Port Visit	Port Visit Augusta relieved HMS Chatham on Standing Naval Force Mediterranean duty at Augusta (Sicily).
2003-jan-17	Deployment	Deployment Operation Telic to support combat operations in Iraq and as escort to HMS Ocean, completing 28 May 2003.
2004-apr	Deployment	Deployment STANAVFORMED spent time with NATO Mediterranean patrol
2004-nov	Refit	Refit HMD Rosyth Refit major refit at HMD Rosyth, until Sep 2005
2006-sep	Deployment	Deployment South Atlantic Atlantic Patrol Task (South) relieved HMS Chatham for APT(S) tasking.
2008-feb	Deployment	Deployment Ex Orion 08 5 month Gulf and Far East deployment, returned Jul 2008
2008-feb-26	Port Visit	Port Visit Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta Ex Orion 08 escorted HMS Illustrious into Malta
2008-jun	Deployment	Deployment Sembawang naval base Bersama Shield following completion of Ex Ocean 08 on 30 May, continued to Singapore to take part in Ex Bersama Shield.
2010-jan-25	Refit	Refit HMD Portsmouth Dockyard entered dry dock at HMD Portsmouth by BAE Systems for her final, 10 month refit which included engine reconditioning / replacement, hull resurfacing and other hydrodynamic efficiencies.
2010-sep	Aircraft	Aircraft Assigned 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 XZ726 as 207 Flt / 411, until late Oct 2010.
2010-sep	Aircraft	Aircraft Assigned 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 XZ726 as 207 Flt, until late Oct 2010.
2011-may-25	Deployment	Deployment South Atlantic APT(S) Atlantic Patrol Task (South) departed HMNB Portsmouth for 6 month deployment as Atlantic Patrol Task (South), to relieve HMS York, returning on 2 Dec 2011.
2011-nov-01	Port Visit	Port Visit Balboa Bridge of the Americas Visited Balboa, Panama while returning to the UK.
2012-sep-24	Deployment	Deployment South Atlantic Atlantic Patrol Task (South) departed HMNB Portsmouth for 7 month Atlantic Patrol Task (South) mission, to relieve HMS Dauntless. Returned to HMNB Portsmouth on 28 Mar 2013.
2012-nov-11	Port Visit	Port Visit Anchored off Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, crew took part in Rememberance Day ceremonial, along with a party of 50 veterans from the Falklands War on the 30th anniversary of the conflict.
2012-dec	Port Visit	Port Visit Simon Town Naval Dockyard visited Simons Town over Christmas 2012, departed 7 Jan 2013.
2013-may-07	Port Visit	Port Visit Tower Bridge Upper last visit tied up alongside HMS Belfast in the Pool of London, for Battle of the Atlantic commemorations, with Lynx HMA.8 XZ736/322-AS on board.
2013-may-15	Port Visit	Port Visit Leith Docks Ocean Terminal to Leith (nr Edinburgh) for final visit, prior to decommissioning, until 21 May.
2013-may-23	Port Visit	Port Visit Cammell Laird Birkenhead Battle of the Atlantic 70th Anniversary to Merseyside - her launch site, for farewell visit and to take part in BOA70 commemorations, until 27 May
2013-may-31	Homeport	Homeport return to HMNB Portsmouth for final time, prior to decommissioning.
2013-jun-06	Decommissioned	Decommissioned final Type 42 class to decommission, at HMNB Portsmouth.
2015-aug-12	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped Aliaga Shipbreakers departed Portsmouth under tow, for scrapping in Turkey