DDG · Guided-Missile Destroyer
| IMO: | 4907062 |
| MMSI: | 234610000 |
| Flight Deck: | LP |
| Call Sign: | GZIS |
| Shipyard: | Cammell Laird |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| May 27, 1977 | |
| Jul 5, 1978 | as Batch 2 Type 42, Yard No. V.1374 |
| Sep 25, 1980 | Cammell Laird Birkenhead |
| Jul 9, 1982 | aka Crazy Red Chicken |
| Sep 1982 | 815 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ245 assigned as /332-LP until c Aug 1983 |
| Nov 8, 1982 |  South Atlantic Departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic, left theatre 28 Mar 1983. |
| Mar 1988 | 829 Sq Lynx HAS.3 ZD251 assigned as /332-LP until c Oct 1988 |
| May 1997 |  off Plymouth, MS In Caribbean, assisting in evacuations from Montserrat with RFA Black Rover until Aug. Operation Caxton Operation Caxton |
| Aug 28, 1998 | HMNB Portsmouth Participated in IFoS 1998, Portsmouth on board Lynx XZ727 International Festival of Sea |
| Jan 2001 | at Rosyth Dockyard, for c 18 months, emerging May 2002 |
| Jan 17, 2003 | to support combat operations in Iraq, completing 19 Apr 2003. Operation Telic |
| Apr 19, 2003 |  Sembawang naval base departed Persian Gulf supported by RFA Grey Rover for Singapore and mid deployment maintenance before exercising with the Singapore Navy. Returned to the UK on 7 Aug. |
| Feb 2005 | deployed as APT(N) in the Caribbean, as part of Task Group 326.01 with RFA Wave Knight in support. |
| Jan 2006 | departed HMNB Portsmouth for 7 month South Atlantic deployment, returned Jul 2006. APT(S) |
| Dec 2006 | 6 month refit including work on communications systems and the 4.5" gun, ending May 2007 |
| Sep 8, 2007 | visit to Liverpool |
| Jan 2009 | c 12 month refit, emerging 2010 |
| May 10, 2010 | departed HMNB Portsmouth for exercise in W Atlantic. returned to UK Aug 2010. Exercise Auriga 2010 |
| Jun 28, 2010 |  Bedford Basin visited Halifax for MARLANT Fleet Review Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy |
| Oct 2010 | 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 XZ731 assigned with 217 Flt to HMS Liverpool until decommissioning. |
| Mar 29, 2011 |  Libyan coast Deployed to Libya with 815 NAS 217 Flt Lynx embarked, as part of Operation Unified Protector to relieve HMS Cumberland and enforce embargo around Gulf of Sirte, returning to HMNB Portsmouth on 7 Nov 2011, after being relieved by HMS York. Gulf of Sirte Operation Unified Protector |
| Jun 5, 2011 |  Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta entered Malta during break from Libyan coast operations, until 11 Jun Operation Unified Protector |
| Sep 11, 2011 | Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta visited Malta during Operation Unified Protector deployment. |
| Jan 26, 2012 | West India Dock (TQ) visit to West India Docks, London until 30 Jan, for final time before decommissioning. 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 XZ731/323 aboard. West India Docks |
| Feb 24, 2012 | King George V Dock (Glasgow) to Glasgow for 4 day visit on the Clyde prior to decommissioning, departing on 27 Feb King George V Dock |
| Feb 29, 2012 | final visit to Merseyside and her namesake city before decommissioning, departed 4 Mar. |
| Mar 30, 2012 | at South Railway Jetty, HMNB Portsmouth. Ships bell has been preserved at Our Lady and St Nicholas sailors church in Chapel Street, Liverpool. |
| Apr 2013 | Fareham Creek by Apr 2013 was laid up in Fareham Creek |
| Oct 22, 2014 |  Aliaga departed Portsmouth under tow (by M/S Pantodynamos) for scrapping at Layal Ship Recycling, Turkey Shipbreakers |