DDG · Guided-Missile Destroyer
| Flight Deck: | SN |
| Call Sign: | GVUK |
| Shipyard: | Vosper Thornycroft |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Mar 17, 1976 | |
| Oct 21, 1976 | as second Batch 2 Type 42 |
| Jan 29, 1979 | |
| May 26, 1981 | 815 Sq Southampton Flight formed at RNAS Portland. |
| Oct 31, 1981 | alongside QE II Terminal, Southampton |
| Nov 16, 1981 | embarkation of 815 Sq Southampton Flt with Lynx HAS.2 known as Monty |
| Jun 18, 1982 |  South Atlantic departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic, in company with HMS Birmingham, HMS Apollo, HMS Bacchante and RFA Olwen, to patrol the post-war Falklands TEZ, returning to Portsmouth 17 Oct. |
| Jan 19, 1983 |  Hamburg Port visit to Hamburg for 6 days, until 24 Jan. |
| Apr 27, 1983 | South Atlantic departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic to patrol the Falklands TEZ, returning to Portsmouth mid Sep. |
| 1984 | collided with a navigation buoy around the Shambles, off Portland, resulting in damage requiring alongside repairs. Accident |
| Aug 13, 1985 | HMS Southampton(D90) visited Portsmouth, New Hampshire from August 13-21, 1985. From October 1985 until March 1986, it travelled to and from the Falkland s on patrol. |
| Jun 1986 | assigned Lynx ZD257 as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Apr 1988. 202 Flt |
| Aug 7, 1986 | relieved from Armilla Patrol on station by HMS Syclla. Armilla Patrol |
| Sep 3, 1988 | Strait of Hormuz (SN) Armilla Patrol with Task Group 321.1 during Iran/Iraq war, escorting British shipping. In collision with mv Tor Bay in Straits of Hormuz, damaging both vessels. Assisted to recovery by RFA Diligence which was forward based at the time. (Relieved on patrol by HMS Boxer). Collision Armilla Patrol |
| 1989 | A and P Tyneside returned to UK aboard a heavy lift ship to Swan Hunter repair yard on Tyneside (now A & P). Completed by May 1992. Repaired |
| Aug 31, 1993 | assigned Lynx XZ228 as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Nov 1994. 229 Flt |
| Jan 1995 | assigned Lynx ZD257 again, as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Sep 1996. 229 Flt |
| Jul 1995 |  off Plymouth, MS assisted in evacuation of Plymouth, Montserrat when Mount Soufriere began a series of eruptions. |
| Aug 19, 1995 | off Plymouth, MS returned to Montserrat in response to further eruptions for a relief and evacuation mission. Operation Harlech |
| Oct 1996 | assigned Lynx XZ229 as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Jun 1997. 229 Flt |
| Jan 1997 | departed UK for Far East deployment, returned end of Aug. Task Group 327.01 Ocean Wave 97 deployment |
| Jan 1998 | until May 1999 at Babcock, Rosyth. |
| 2000 | South Atlantic Atlantic Patrol Task (South), deployed around Falkland Islands between Feb 2000 and May 2000, relieving HMS Somerset. Atlantic Patrol Task (South) |
| Jun 2005 | assigned Lynx XZ694 as 815 Sq/334-SN ships flt until c Feb 2007. 208 Flt |
| Aug 21, 2005 | South Atlantic departed HMNB Portsmouth for 6 month Atlantic Patrol Task (South) deployment. Operated around Falkland Islands between Sep 2005 and Jan 2006, relieving HMS Portland. Returned via Caribbean. Atlantic Patrol Task (South) |
| Oct 11, 2006 |  Freetown Port conduct of Exercise Green Eagle phase of Operation Vela, off Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Operation Vela (Green Eagle) |
| Apr 2007 | South Atlantic departed HMNB Portsmouth for 8 month Atlantic Patrol Task (South) mission. On station from Jul until relieved by HMS Nottingham. Returned to HMNB Portsmouth on 14 Dec 2007. Atlantic Patrol Task (South) |
| Jul 31, 2008 | into extended readiness at HMNB Portsmouth |
| Feb 2009 | |
| Jun 2011 | Fareham Creek by Jun 2011 was laid up in Fareham Creek |
| Oct 14, 2011 |  Aliaga left Portsmouth Harbour under tow to Turkey (arrived 2 Nov), for scrapping - completed by 13 Jan 2012 Shipbreakers |