DDG · Guided-Missile Destroyer
| Flight Deck: | BM |
| Call Sign: | GQEN |
| Shipyard: | Cammell Laird |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1972 | Yard No. V.1358 |
| Jul 30, 1973 | |
| Dec 3, 1976 | |
| Feb 1977 | Undertook first of type Lynx HAS.2 deck landing trials with 700(L) IFTU. |
| Jun 25, 1977 | Guardship for Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Ryde Sand Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen |
| Aug 1977 | assigned Lynx HAS.2 XZ232/333-BM by Aug 1977 until at least Sep 1979. |
| Jun 1978 | departed HMNB Portsmouth as a late joiner to HMS Blake, the Flagship of Task Group 317.7, for a 6 month Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific group deployment. Returned to Portsmouth 12 Dec 1978. |
| Mar 1981 | Refit until c Mar 1982. Post refit trials shortened. |
| Jun 18, 1982 |  South Atlantic departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic in company with HMS Southampton, to relieve ships from Operation Corporate. Returned 17 Oct. |
| 1985 | at Rosyth, amongst other things to fit for Lynx HAS.3, returned to Portsmouth 1988. Preparing for refit, 200 Flt Lynx ZD259 transferred to HMS Ambuscade. |
| Oct 1987 | 815 Sq 241 Flt Lynx HAS.3 detached to RFA TIdespring until Dec 1987. |
| Sep 1988 | assigned 815 Sq Lynx HAS.3 ZD256/333-BM until c Mar 1989 |
| Jul 1990 | whilst on West Indies Guardship deployment, sent to Trinidad with RFA Oakleaf, as island government was under threat Trinidad |
| 1991 | Adriatic for Op Sharp Guard interdiction of shipping believed to be supplying Serbia |
| Sep 1991 | Departed Portsmouth for Armilla Patrol of Gulf region Armilla Patrol |
| Mar 14, 1997 |  off Durrës stood off Durrës to support evacuation of British citizens until relieved on station by HMS Exeter. Operation Helvin |
| Jun 23, 1997 | ordered to the Albanian coast, subsequently relieved by HMS Exeter. |
| Aug 1998 | Portsmouth on board Lynx ZD264 |
| Aug 28, 1998 | HMNB Portsmouth Participated in IFoS 1998. International Festival of Sea |
| May 1999 |  Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta visited Malta Valetta |
| Dec 31, 1999 | at HMNB Portsmouth and steamed to HMD Devonport in Jan 2000 to be stripped of useful equipment. |
| Oct 20, 2000 |  Santander Port sold and subsequently towed to Santander, Spain for scrapping Breakers Yard |