DDG · Guided-Missile Destroyer
| Flight Deck: | EX |
| Call Sign: | GVUJ |
| Shipyard: | Swan Hunter (Neptune) |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Jan 22, 1976 | |
| Jul 22, 1976 | Swan Hunter (Wallsend) as first Batch 2 Type 42, Yard No. 101 |
| Apr 25, 1978 | |
| Sep 19, 1980 | |
| Jun 1981 | allocated 815 NAS Lynx XZ733 as Exeter Flt/420-EX, until c Aug 1982 239 Flt |
| May 7, 1982 | Departed St Johns, Antigua while West Indies Guardship for South Atlantic to replace HMS Sheffield, leaving theatre on 7 Jul 1982. Operation Corporate |
| Apr 1986 |  Gibraltar Harbour sent to Gibraltar until May 1986 to support protection of territorial waters and strengthen the Gibraltar Guardship Guardship Operation Clover |
| Jul 1986 | Lynx XZ733 as 815 NAS Exeter Flt by Jul 1986 (possibly only seen at Yeovilton, having returned from conversion, still in Exeter Flt markings ?) |
| Jan 15, 1991 | Persian Gulf Departed Portland for Armilla Patrol duties with 815 NAS Lynx /420 embarked, in company with HMS Brave, HMS Brilliant and RFA Bayleaf (and joined later by HMS Manchester), to relieve HMS Gloucester, HMS Cardiff and HMS Brazen on station. Armilla Patrol |
| Feb 3, 1991 |  Jebil Ali emergency port visit for engine change, completed 5 Feb |
| Jul 1991 | allocated 815 NAS Lynx ZD257 as Exeter Flt/420-EX, until c Jan 1993 |
| Jan 1993 | allocated 815 NAS Lynx XZ227 as Exeter Flt/420-EX, until c May 1993 |
| Mar 26, 1993 | 26-29 March Amsterdam, Netherlands embarked Lynx XZ227 |
| May 1993 | allocated 815 NAS Lynx XZ690 as Exeter Flt/420-EX, until c Jan 1994 |
| 1997 | for major refit, emerged Autumn 1998 |
| Mar 1997 |  off Durrës ordered from Gibraltar area for Albanian coast to relieve HMS Birmingham, until 8 Apr. Operation Helvin |
| Feb 1999 | Lynx XZ694 as 815 NAS Exeter Flt by Feb 1999 |
| Nov 21, 2005 |  Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta visit to Valletta, 815 Sq Lynx HMA.8 XZ692/363 embarked. |
| Nov 27, 2006 | departed HMNB Portsmouth, on deployment |
| 2007 | at least Sea Dart removed, during alongside works. |
| Jan 11, 2008 | moored alongside Royal Victoria Dock in Docklands for the 10 day London Boat Show 2008 |
| May 26, 2008 | Tower Bridge Upper visited Pool of London alongside HMS Belfast and departed 29 May. Visit also arranged for launch of James Bond novel, Devil May Care. |
| Jun 20, 2008 | Spiller's Wharf visited Tyneside, tied up alongside Spillars Wharf, Newcastle. Departed 23 Jun 2008. |
| Jul 2008 | Fareham Creek placed in extended readiness at HMNB Portsmouth |
| May 27, 2009 | |
| Jun 2011 | Fareham Creek by Jun 2011 was laid up in Fareham Creek |
| Sep 22, 2011 |  Aliaga left Portsmouth Harbour under tow to Turkey (arrived 25 Oct), for scrapping - completed by 11 Apr 2012 Shipbreakers |