Homeport arrived at HMNB Portsmouth after completion of builders trials
1978-mar-23
Commissioned
Commissioned
1979-mar-05
Deployment
DeploymentSouth Atlantic Maiden deployment to South Atlantic, returning Jun 1979
1981-mar-06
Deployment
DeploymentArmilla Patrol departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month Armilla Patrol deployment to Middle East, Persian Gulf and East Africa, joining HMS Rothesay, RFA Fort Grange and RFA Olna. Relieved HMS Ardent on arrival. Returned 3 Aug 1981.
1982-feb-15
Refit
Refit 6 month refit, completed 21 Jul 1982.
1982-mar-15
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 203 Flt Lynx XZ242 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt but reassigned to Coventry Flt on 17 Apr 1982
1982-apr-17
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 203 Flt Lynx XZ700 assigned to Newcastle Flt but never reached the ship (sunk with mv Atlantic Conveyor 25 May 1982)
1982-may-04
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 203 Flt Lynx XZ720 assigned to Newcastle Flt aboard RFA Fort Austin, transferred to HMS Hermes 3 Jul 1982 for return to UK from Falkland Islands.
1982-may-17
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn Lynx XZ240 assigned to Newcastle Flt aboard HMS Hermes
1982-jun-28
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 241 Flt Lynx XZ256 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Sep 1982 (when damaged S of Ascension Island).
1982-sep
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 241 Flt Lynx XZ731 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Mar 1984
1982-sep-06
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month security patrol around Falkland Islands in company with 5 other RN warships. Newcastle returned to UK on 20 Dec 1982.
1983-jul-15
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month security patrol around Falkland Islands in company with 3 other RN warships. Newcastle returned to UK in Dec 1983.
1984-mar-05
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 241 Flt Lynx XZ246 on temporary loan to Newcastle Flt
1984-jun-14
Deployment
Deployment short European waters deployment, returned 18 Jul 1984
1985-may
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 241 Flt Lynx ZD265 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until c Mar 1986
1985-oct-24
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month Persian Gulf and East African maritime security mission, arriving back in the UK on 27 Feb 1986
1986-jan-17
Deployment
Deploymentoff AdenOperation Balsac diverted to Aden for Operation Balsac. Ships Flt ZD265 transferred c 250 evacuees, 6 at a time from mv Diamond Princess on 23 Jan and made for Djbouti.
1986-mar-12
Refit
Refit for 19 month refit, to include many of the lessons from the 1982 Falklands conflict, emerging on 6 Nov 1987
1988-jan
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 223 Flt Lynx XZ248 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until c Dec 1990
1988-aug-03
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth after refit, for 4 month deployment as West Indies Guardship, returning on 12 Dec 1987.
Deployment returned from South Atlantic Patrol via East Pacific, Panama Canal and Caribbean on 21 Sep 1989.
1990-apr-09
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for 5 month maritime security and anti-narcotics mission in Caribbean as West Indies Guardship, returning early Aug 1990
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 223 Flt Lynx ZF562 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Mar 1991
1991-mar
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ691 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Mar 1992
1992-mar-26
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ227 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt until c Feb 1993.
1992-may-12
Deployment
DeploymentTask Group 318.1 departed HMNB Portsmouth for Far East deployment and joined with the HMS Invincible Group for Orient 92 deployment, returning 27 Nov 1992
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ248 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until c Aug 1995
1993-sep-08
Deployment
DeploymentSouth Atlantic departed HMNB Portsmouth for a 7 month South Atlantic deployment, relieved on station by HMS Norfolk in Feb and returning via East Pacific, Panama Canal and Caribbean in Apr 1994
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 219 Flt Lynx XZ695 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until c Nov 1998
1997-nov-17
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for 8 month deployment as West Indies Guardship, including relief visits to Montserrat after the Dec 1997 aftershocks of the Jun 1997 earthquake, returned Jul 1998.
1998-nov
Aircraft
Aircraft 815 Sqn, HQ Flt Lynx XZ230 on temporary loan to Newcastle Flt, still wearing /305
1998-nov-03
Aircraft
AircraftHMD Devonport lifted off damaged Lynx HAS.3S XZ254 while visiting Plymouth
DeploymentPersian Gulf departed HMNB Portsmouth, as escort for HMS Invincible for Persian Gulf Iraqi sanctions enforcement deployment. On the return trip, diverted to the Adriatic to support UN operations in Kosovo and reached Portsmouth in late May 1999, when its Lynx departed by road for RNAS Yeovilton.
2000-may-02
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for a 7 month global deployment as part of NTG 2000 with HMS Cornwall and HMS Sutherland, being joined by FNS Aconit in the Mediterranean. Returned via the Indian Ocean, Yellow Sea, Hawaii and the Panama Canal to Portsmouth on 23 Nov 2000.
DeploymentSouth AtlanticAtlantic Patrol Task (South) departed HMNB Portsmouth for Atlantic Patrol Task (South) deployment. Operated around Falkland Islands between Mar 2002 and Aug 2002, relieving HMS Montrose and herself relieved by HMS Westminster. Returned to UK 23 Aug 2002.
Aircraft 815 Sqn, 201 Flt Lynx ZD258 assigned as /345-NC Newcastle Flt, until Oct 2004
2004-jan
Deployment
DeploymentCentral Mediterranean departed HMNB Portsmouth on a 7 month maritime security and counter-terrorism deployment to Mediterranean, returning on 6 Aug 2004
2004-sep
Port Visit
Port VisitMayflower Park Present at 36th Southampton Boat Show
2004-oct
Homeport
Homeport Paid off at HMNB Portsmouth
2005-jan
Decommissioned
Decommissioned
2006-jul
Fareham Creek by Jul 2006 was laid up in Fareham Creek
2008-nov
Fate: scrapped
Fate: scrappedAliagaShipbreakers left under tow to Turkey, for scrapping
off Aden Operation Balsac diverted to Aden for Operation Balsac. Ships Flt ZD265 transferred c 250 evacuees, 6 at a time from mv Diamond Princess on 23 Jan and made for Djbouti.
Diego Garcia Port Task Group 318.1 Orient 92 deployment Participated in Exercise Sea Cobra off Diego Garcia with the Invincible Task Group, end Jun early Jul 1992
Aliaga Shipbreakers left under tow to Turkey, for scrapping
Aircraft